Determine If Mouse Is Within Your Form

This is to know whether the user has the mouse over your form or outside of it...Might be useful for people so... Enjoy :wave:

VB Code:

'API AND DECLARATIONS
Private Type POINTAPI
    x As Long
    y As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32.dll" (ByRef lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
'==========================================================
 
Private Function MouseInForm(pForm As Form) As Boolean
 
    Dim iRight As Long
    Dim iLeft As Long
    Dim iBottom As Long
    Dim iTop As Long
    Dim PT As POINTAPI
    
    'Lets convert everything to pixels since that's what GetCursorPos returns...
    iRight = (pForm.Left + pForm.Width) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
    iBottom = (pForm.Top + pForm.Height) / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
    iLeft = pForm.Left / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
    iTop = pForm.Top / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
    
    GetCursorPos PT
 
    If (PT.x <= iRight) And (PT.x >= iLeft) _
            And (PT.y >= iTop) And (PT.y <= iBottom) Then
        MouseInForm = True
    Else
        MouseInForm = False
    End If
 
End Function
 
'USAGE:
'Can be used in Form_Mousemove or a Timer or anywhere you want to check if mouse is in your form
    If MouseInForm(frmMain) Then
        MsgBox "Mouse currently over frmMain"
    Else
        MsgBox "Mouse is not over frmMain"
    End If

Where would you put your usage code? BTW, it looks like you don't use Option Explicit becuse you have Dim iButtom As Long

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

Where would you put your usage code? BTW, it looks like you don't use Option Explicit becuse you have Dim iButtom As Long

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Thanks for that martin :) i fixed it and added where to use it...

Very nice example EJ12N! Helped me on my last project!
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Another way :

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function SetCapture Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function GetCapture Lib "user32" () As Long
 
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    With Me
        If (X < 0) Or (Y < 0) Or (X > .Width) Or (Y > .Height) Then 'MouseLeave
            Call ReleaseCapture
            Debug.Print "Off"
        ElseIf GetCapture() <> .hwnd Then 'MouseEnter
            Call SetCapture(.hwnd)
            Debug.Print "On"
        Else
            'Normal MouseMove
        End If
    End With
End Sub

Much better, manavo11!