Getting position / coordinate of button on dialog

[Skute]

Hi,

how can i get the position of a button on my dialog? im basically trying to find out when the mouse is over a particular button.

i tried this, but it didnt work:

CPoint ptCursor;
CRect rtButton;
CButton* cmdRecord = (CButton *)GetDlgItem(IDC_RECORD);

GetCursorPos(&ptCursor);
cmdRecord->GetClientRect(&rtButton);

if (rtButton.PtInRect(ptCursor))
{
// Etc...
}

Thanks

 

[bcravens]

You probably are experiencing a challenge because the coordinate systems used by the rectangle and the point are different. There is a built in functions ClientToScreen and ScreenToClient to handle the conversion for you.

Hope this helps.

 

[Skute]

yeah ive tried the clienttoscreen, but the actual rect comes back empty? should that code actually work?