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Ok i have been working on this a while and still cant get this to work:

I have it set so that when i hit the button it gets the x and y coords for me and places them into the feilds for me:

This part i have working
But I need to be able to click the button and then move the mouse into windows and be able to target any where I want and have it put the x and y coords into the feilds for me, as it is right now when I click the button it automaticly puts the coords into the feild but only from the point where I click it on the button itself :(

(create a form and have one button in it and two text boxes and using the code below.)

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)

here is the code:


private Sub record_Click()
' Create instance of POINTAPI
Dim CursorLocal as POINTAPI

' Locate the cursor using the API
GetCursorPos CursorLocal

' Displays the X Y coordinates for the user.
Text1 = CursorLocal.x
Text2 = CursorLocal.x
End Sub




Here is the module:

option Explicit

Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint as POINTAPI) as Long

' point type returned by GetCursorPos API
public Type POINTAPI
x as Long
y as Long
End Type



HEEEEEEEEEEEELP

Thank you in advance.

You need to capture the mouse so other windows don't intercept your click... try this:


option Explicit
private Type POINTAPI
X as Long
Y as Long
End Type
private Declare Function SetCapture Lib "user32" (byval hwnd as Long) as Long
private Declare Function ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" () as Long
private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint as POINTAPI) as Long
Dim Pt as POINTAPI

private Sub Command1_Click()
'caption mouse so other windows won't get clicks
SetCapture (me.hwnd)
End Sub

private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button as Integer, Shift as Integer, X as Single, Y as Single)
'get the current cursor position
GetCursorPos Pt
me.CurrentX = 0
me.CurrentY = 0
'Clear the screen
me.Cls
me.print "Cursor position:"
'print the mouse coördinates to the form
me.print "X:" + Str$(Pt.X) + " Y:" + Str$(Pt.Y)

'Release mouse to other windows
ReleaseCapture
End Sub




After you click the button you can click anywhere and get the coords... you must click it again for the next time because I'm releasing it after each click...

Hi,u can put your codes into form_Mousemove:
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Dim CursorLocal As POINTAPI

' Locate the cursor using the API
GetCursorPos CursorLocal
' Displays the X Y coordinates for the user.
Text1 = CursorLocal.X
Text2 = CursorLocal.Y
End Sub
Tsinghua

WORKS GREAT!!!!!!
i had to change little but got it to work

Text2 = CursorLocal.x '<-- Text2 = CursorLocal.Y




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