[RESOLVED] Grab Picturebox to move the form.

A new journey, A new problem.
As I downloaded VS2010 Today, there's a new UI, New Code, new problems.

Now I looked for a code that seemed to work for the VS2008, I found the one .Paul made, but it sure didn't work for me.

Is there anyone who managed this on the new 2010? Please tell me.

If there were any confusion what I really wanted, I'll explain.

Mousedown on Picturebox = Move around the form free.

Thanks :)

Code:

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    Dim Moveable As Boolean
    Dim LastPos As Point
    Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.MouseDown
        Moveable = True
        LastPos = Cursor.Position - Me.Location
    End Sub
    Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.MouseMove
        If Moveable Then
            Me.Location = Cursor.Position - LastPos
        End If
    End Sub
    Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.MouseUp
        Moveable = False
    End Sub

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If you move to fast with that, then it gets kind of glitchy.
You can use an API to do that instead actually. I know this code is used to move forms, but I found out (by mistake) that you can move objects with it too.

vb.net Code:

Private Declare Sub ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" ()
    Private Declare Sub SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer)
    Private Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN As Integer = &HA1
    Private Const HTCAPTION As Integer = 2
 
Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.MouseDown
        ReleaseCapture()
        SendMessage(PictureBox1.Handle, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, 0&)
    End Sub

Thank you for the replies, it worked very well mal1t1a =)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by macbrutal

Thank you for the replies, it worked very well mal1t1a =)

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Also, it's important to note that you shouldn't be using VS 2010 for actual projects as it is still in BETA. You should only be using it for testing out the new features of the IDE and 4.0 framework.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by weirddemon

Also, it's important to note that you shouldn't be using VS 2010 for actual projects as it is still in BETA. You should only be using it for testing out the new features of the IDE and 4.0 framework.

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This is very true, it's still highly unstable, even when running on Windows 7. It does happen to have "glitches" in it, that cause it to crash. I have not been able to find a way to properly re-create these events, as they happen randomly, which means I can not submit a proper bug report.


Also, you are welcome macbrutal, glad I could help. =)