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Real Window Snap to

This code produces a snap to effect exactly like Winamp.
Uses POINTAPI type and GetCursorPos API.
It gets the current x and y does a few calculations and snaps-to the screen edge.
It does take into account for the taskbar but that may need some tweaking.

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'Note** This meant to be saved as a form
'Copy below this line; paste into notepad; Save as frmSnapto.frm
VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form frmSnapTo 
  BorderStyle   =  0 'None
  Caption     =  "Form1"
  ClientHeight  =  1335
  ClientLeft   =  0
  ClientTop    =  0
  ClientWidth   =  3660
  LinkTopic    =  "Form1"
  ScaleHeight   =  1335
  ScaleWidth   =  3660
  ShowInTaskbar  =  0  'False
  StartUpPosition =  3 'Windows Default
  Begin VB.Timer tmrPos 
   Enabled     =  0  'False
   Interval    =  1
   Left      =  120
   Top       =  360
  End
  Begin VB.Label lblTop 
   BackColor    =  &H000000FF&
   Caption     =  "Caption"
   Height     =  255
   Left      =  0
   TabIndex    =  0
   Top       =  0
   Width      =  3720
  End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "frmSnapTo"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
Private Type POINTAPI
    X As Long
    Y As Long
End Type
Dim iX As Integer, iY As Integer
Private Sub lblTop_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
iX% = X: iY% = Y
tmrPos.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Sub lblTop_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
tmrPos.Enabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub tmrPos_Timer()
Dim ptPos As POINTAPI
 Call GetCursorPos(ptPos)
 lblTop.Caption = ptPos.X & " - " & ptPos.Y
If ptPos.Y - ((lblTop.Top + iY%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) <= 20 Then ptPos.Y = 0 + ((lblTop.Top + iY%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY)
If ptPos.X - ((lblTop.Left + iX%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) <= 20 Then ptPos.X = 0 + ((lblTop.Left + iX%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
If ptPos.Y - ((lblTop.Top + iY%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) >= (Screen.Height - Me.Height - 400) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY - 20 Then
  ptPos.Y = (Screen.Height - Me.Height + iY% - 400) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
End If
If ptPos.X - ((lblTop.Left + iX%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) >= (Screen.Width - Me.Width) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX - 20 Then
  ptPos.X = (Screen.Width - Me.Width + iX%) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
End If
Me.Top = (ptPos.Y * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) - lblTop.Top - iY%
Me.Left = (ptPos.X * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) - lblTop.Left - iX%
End Sub