Mouse Capture

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 Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1999
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    'redirect all mouse input to this form
    SetCapture Me.hwnd
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    ReleaseCapture
    SetCapture Me.hwnd
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(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 co�rdinates to the form
    Me.Print "X:" + Str$(Pt.X) + " Y:" + Str$(Pt.Y)
    Me.Print " (Press ALT-F4 to unload this form)"
    SetCapture Me.hwnd
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    ReleaseCapture
    SetCapture Me.hwnd
End Sub

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