Move Mouse

[Remi_CG]

Is there anyway you can move the mouse to a certain position on your form?..I just need to now how to put the mouse in different positions on my form

[Sanjeeev]

Use mouse_event API call , You will get it

[Dave Straayer]

As noted in other replies, you need to make a WIN API call to move it. But be careful, because you will have to give the location to which to move the mouse cursor in screen, rather than current window, coordinates. If you can assume that your application is maximized on at a known resolution, it simiplifies the problem.

'function that moves the mouse cursor to a X, Y position
Declare Function SetCursorPos Lib "user32" (ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long) As Long

Here is a not-fully-debugged interface:

Sub VBSetCursorPos(X, Y)
' Description: This is a routine to set Mouse Tracking
' Cursor (Arrow, usually) to a position specified
' in the current Visual Basic coordinate system.
' Input: (x,y) - a coordinate pair in the current
' Visual Basis coordinate system
' Output: position of the mouse tracking cursor
' Calls: SetCursorPos - a Win API call to move the
' cursor (in screen pixels)
' Note: Most of what this routine does is to convert a
' pair of coordinates in VB system to screen pixels.
' It also stacks and restores current
' coordinate system.

' ASSUMPTIONS: This routine assumes that the current
' form's left, right, and bottom borders,
' (if any) are of equal width, and any
' extra border is at the top.



Dim SaveScaleMode, SaveScaleLeft, SaveScaleTop As Single
Dim SaveScaleWidth, SaveScaleHeight As Single
Dim LeftBorder, RightBorder, TopBorder, BottomBorder As Single
Dim X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3 As Single
SaveScaleMode = ScaleMode
SaveScaleTop = ScaleTop
SaveScaleLeft = ScaleLeft
SaveScaleHeight = ScaleHeight
SaveScaleWidth = ScaleWidth
X1 = (X - ScaleLeft) / ScaleWidth
Y1 = (Y - ScaleTop) / ScaleHeight

ScaleMode = vbPixels
X2 = Me.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
Y2 = Me.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
X3 = ScaleWidth
Y3 = ScaleHeight
LeftBorder = (X2 - X3) / 2
RightBorder = LeftBorder
BottomBorder = LeftBorder
TopBorder = (Y2 - Y3) - BottomBorder
Xpix = X1 * X3 + Left / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX + LeftBorder
Ypix = Y1 * Y3 + Top / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY + TopBorder

j = SetCursorPos(Xpix, Ypix)
ScaleMode = SaveScaleMode
ScaleTop = SaveScaleTop
ScaleLeft = SaveScaleLeft
ScaleHeight = SaveScaleHeight
ScaleWidth = SaveScaleWidth

End Sub


Dave Straayer
Varatouch, Inc.