How to determine mouse pointer position.

[MarkButler]

I need to find the mouse pointer position relative to _SCREEN not the form itself. Most the VFP functions return x/y coordinates relative to the top left of a container.

What I want to do is place a form on top of the active form just below the point where the mouse is currently located. I need to capture the x/y at the time the mouse is left clicked so when I activate the form I can move it to x/y which should be just below the point of the click.

Any suggestions?

TIA

 

[Mike Lewis]

Hi Mark,

Take a look at MCOL() and MROW(). I think they do what you want.

Mike


Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

 

[Mike Gagnon]

MarkButler

In pixels:
MESSAGEBOX("X position: "+TRANSFORM(MCOL('',3))+CHR(13)+"Y position:"+TRANSFORM(MROW('',3)))

Mike Gagnon

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[MarkButler]

That is exactly what I needed. I kept trying to use MROW('_SCREEN',3) without success. Did not think to use a null value.

Thanx....

 

[Mike Gagnon]

MarkButler

According to the help file
If you omit cWindowName and there is no active user-defined window, MCOL( ) returns the mouse pointer's column position in the main Visual FoxPro window.


Mike Gagnon

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