[RESOLVED] show a modal form in a specific location on the screen

Hello,
How would I do the following: display a small modal form at roughly the same position as where the user clicks on the current form - for example, when the user clicks on a textbox on Form1, display a small modal Form2 in roughly the same spot as the textbox on Form1.
Thanks.

Check out Aaron Youngs code for positioning a MsgBox before its shown. ;)

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=329373

VB Code:

Load Form2
    Form2.StartUpPosition = 0
    Form2.Move Text1.Left, Text1.Top, Text1.Width, Text1.Height
        Form2.Show vbModal

Thanks, guys, but I've got issues:

RobDog- I did not see anywhere in those posts code to actually position the Msgbox (maybe I missed it)

gavio - the problem with using left, top, etc. is that the textbox on form1 could be in a frame which is in an SStab, which is in an MDI form, all of which throw off the positioning.

What I am looking for is a way to determine the "absolute screen position" of the mousepointer (as when the user clicks on the textbox), and then use that information to position the modal form on the screen.

Thanks again.

use the GetCursorPos API

See Joacim's post here

VB Code:

Public Type POINTAPI
 
       x As Long
       y As Long
 
End Type
 
Declare Function ClientToScreen Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
 
Private Sub Text1_Click()
  
  Dim lpPoint As POINTAPI
  
  Call ClientToScreen(Me.Text1.hwnd, lpPoint)
  
  Form2.move lpPoint.X * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, lpPoint.y * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
  Form2.Show vbModal
 
End Sub

Sweet - thanks guys (Jocaim's code in Hack's link (using the GetCursorPos API) did the trick).
tward_biteme1 - looks like the ClientToScreen API would also work as well.

Much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by BruceG

Thanks, guys, but I've got issues:

RobDog- I did not see anywhere in those posts code to actually position the Msgbox (maybe I missed it)

gavio - the problem with using left, top, etc. is that the textbox on form1 could be in a frame which is in an SStab, which is in an MDI form, all of which throw off the positioning.

What I am looking for is a way to determine the "absolute screen position" of the mousepointer (as when the user clicks on the textbox), and then use that information to position the modal form on the screen.

Thanks again.

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Look at post 6 and 7 and specifically the MsgBoxEx function is receiving the coords and applying them in the SubMsgBox function with GetWindowRect and MoveWindow. ;)