mouse buttons

[Topbat]

Hi, How can I control the mouse buttons?? like I want to "click" the left button, but i didn't actually touch the mouse. Not just get info from the button, but also be able to control them.

[terebi]

UMM...

You could use the API mouse_event function to create a left click event.

E.g

Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2 ' left button down
Public Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP = &H4 ' left button up
Public Declare Sub mouse_event Lib "user32" (ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dx As Long, ByVal dy As Long, ByVal cButtons As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)

public sub LeftClick()
mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&
mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&
end sub

To create a click event

You can also use the SendMessage API.

Code for a module.

Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203   ' Left Button Double Clicked
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201    ' Left Button Down   
Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202      ' Left Button Up
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = &H206  ' Right Button Double Clicked
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204    ' Right Button Down
Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205      ' Right Button Up

Make 2 CommandButton's on your Form and put the following code in it.

Private Sub Command1_Click()

    ' Set a Message to Command2 with the Leftbutton Down
    retval = SendMessage(Command2.hwnd, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, CLng(0), CLng(0))

End Sub


Private Sub Command2_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)

' You you press Command1, it should trigger this event
End

End Sub

Now, when you press Command1, the program will end, as if you pressed Command2.