SetCursorPos question

[zeekapitein]

hi


I coded a program And it works on my computer. But i want to use it on my sisters computer...

I use the SetCursorPos(X,Y) to move the mouse. One problem the screenresolution of my pc is diferent form my sisters computer.


So i tried to use this code:

ex: SetCursorPos(me.location.x = 532, me.location.y = 234)

so i want to generation the position of my mouse on my form.
So if i click my button i need to go to somewhere on my form. but it need to get the cordinates from my form and not form my computerscreen.

sorry for my bad english ... I hope you understand my problem.

greetings

[manhit45]

use :

   System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position

[zeekapitein]

thnx and how do you define the position? can you please give an example how to use the code.

thnx!

[boops boops]

Cursor.Position gives you a point in screen coordinates. You can turn that into a point relative to a given control using PointToClient. To get the cursor position in Form coordinates, for example, you would use:

Dim p As Point = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position
Dim formPosition As Point = Me.PointToClient(p)

Similarly, to get the position relative to PictureBox1 it would be PictureBox1.PointToClient(p).

You can do the reverse with PointToScreen. For example, to get point(200, 100) on the form in screen coordinates:

Dim screenPosition As Point = Me.PointToScreen(New Point(200, 100))

groet, BB

[zeekapitein]

mm it doensn't work. I add a new button

and ad the code

Dim screenPosition As Point = Me.PointToScreen(New Point(10, 20))

[boops boops]

Maybe I didn't read your original question well enough (although it was a bit hard to understand)

If you want to move the mouse pointer to screen pixel (10, 20), you do this:

Cursor.Position = New Point(10, 20)

If you want to move the mouse pointer to point (-50, -50) of your Form client area, you can do this:

Cursor.Position = Me.PointToScreen(New Point(-50, -50))

As you can see, the point does not actually have to be on the form.

Normally there is no need to spell out System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position in full.

I hope this answers your question, BB