Answered! - laptop signature grabber

[Monkey Man]

<VBA Question>

Hiya World,

I hope someone out there will be able to answer this..


I have a laptop with one of those square "drag-your-finger" mouse pad built in at the bottom. What I want to do is create a procedure (in EXCEL) which will open up a box and allow the user to "draw" with it. This is in aid of obtaining signatures.

There are a few questions with this.....

1) What else can I use to move the cursor (other than my finger) - I have tried using the soft end of my glasses but this doesn't work. (I know it's not a VB question but I might as well ask)

2) What would the code be.

I need it to open up a "paint" like box. As soon as contact is made with the mouse pad, a line will need to be drawn (I was thinking along the lines of:

Timer - set to minimal interval
Look for mouse movement
if mouse movement = true
then get mouse position & draw black pixel at that point

If the timer is set to a small amount - a smooth line should (hopefully) be drawn.

Then after which I need to code the mouse buttons so that "left" will clear the image so the user can try again, and "Right" will save that image and store is in the excell spreadsheet....


Is it possible....????




Monkey
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