by Waty Thierry (60 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 30th March 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Keep mouse inside a form
API Declarations
' * Programmer Name : Waty Thierry
' * Web Site : www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/6311/
' * E-Mail : [email protected]
' * Date : 13/10/98
' * Time : 10:24
' * Module Name : Form_Module
' * Module Filename : Form.bas
' **********************************************************************
' * Comments : Keep mouse inside a form
' *
' **********************************************************************
Type RECT
Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type
Declare Function ClipCursor Lib "user32" (lpRect As Any) As Long
VBcoders
' * Programmer Name : Waty Thierry
' * Web Site : www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/6311/
' * E-Mail : [email protected]
' * Date : 13/10/98
' * Time : 10:24
' * Module Name : Form_Module
' * Module Filename : Form.bas
' **********************************************************************
' * Comments : Keep mouse inside a form
' *
' **********************************************************************
'Get the screens Twips per pixel (form's scalemode must be Twips)
lngX = Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
lngY = Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
'Set cursor region to that of form
With NewRect
.Left = Me.Left / lngX
.Top = Me.Top / lngY
.Right = .Left + Me.Width / lngX
.Bottom = .Top + Me.Height / lngY
End With
lngReturn = ClipCursor(NewRect)
