by Karthikeyan (187 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 2nd October 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: (1 Votes)
Open the start menu using mouse_event API
API Declarations
Private Declare Function SetCursorPos Lib "user32" (ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long) As Long
Private Const mouse_eventC = &H2 ' Event contains mouse event record
Private Const MOUSE_MOVED = &H1
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE = &H8000 ' absolute move
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2 ' left button down
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = &H4 ' left button up
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEDOWN = &H20 ' middle button down
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_MIDDLEUP = &H40 ' middle button up
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE = &H1 ' mouse move
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN = &H8 ' right button down
Private Const MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP = &H10 ' right button up
SetCursorPos 5, (Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) - 8
mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0, 0, 0, 0
mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0
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