fire mouse_enter event with mouse already down

hey all...
I need to fire an event when the mouse enters a panel with the mouse button already down. It seems the standard mouse enter, mouse move, etc events don't fire when the mouse is already down. With test code i'm using, all of the events fire when the mouse button is up, none fire when the mouse button is down.
any ideas?

edit...
here is my test code..

vb Code:

Public Class Form1
 
 
    Private Sub Panel1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseDown
        Debug.Print("MouseDown")
 
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Panel1_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseEnter
        Debug.Print("MouseEnter")
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Panel1_MouseHover(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseHover
        Debug.Print("MouseHover")
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Panel1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseMove
        Debug.Print("MouseMove")
    End Sub
 
End Class

thanks
kevin

Hmm... I don't know if it will fire. I tested with a panel and catching the WndProc event, and no messages were sent when the mouse entered and the button was down.

hmmmm.. well that sucks....thanks for looking into it Negative0

you can use the dragdrop events

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Originally Posted by .paul.

you can use the dragdrop events

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with out the cursor changing?

you can use any cursor you choose during dragdrop operations.
just set the cursor in the appropriate _giveFeedback event