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DragControl – Drag any control using the mouse

DragControl – Drag any control using the mouse

Private Type POINTAPI    X As Long    Y As LongEnd TypePrivate Type RECT    Left    As Long    Top     As Long    Right   As Long    Bottom  As LongEnd TypePrivate Declare Function ClipCursor Lib "user32" (lpRect As RECT) As LongPrivate Declare Function ClipCursorByNum Lib "user32" Alias "ClipCursor" (ByVal _    lpRect As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As _    IntegerPrivate Declare Function GetClientRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _    lpRect As RECT) As LongPrivate Declare Function ClientToScreen Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _    lpPoint As POINTAPI) As LongPrivate Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _    lpRect As RECT, ByVal bErase As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function InvalidateRectByNum Lib "user32" Alias _    "InvalidateRect" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpRect As Long, _    ByVal bErase As Long) As Long' Drag a control until the user releases all mouse buttons'' You should call this routine from the MouseDown event procedures' of the controls that you want to make draggable, after' you determine that the user has initiated a drag operation.' For example, if you want to let the user drag controls' using the Ctrl+Right button combination, add this code' to their MouseDown procedure:'' Private Sub Command1_MouseDown(...)'    If Button = vbRightButton And Shift = vbCtrlMask Then'        DragControl Command1'    End If' End Sub'' From that point on, this procedure takes the control and' exits only when the user releases all mouse buttonsSub DragControl(ctrl As Control)    Dim startButton As Integer    Dim startPoint As POINTAPI    Dim currPoint As POINTAPI    Dim contRect As RECT    Dim contScaleMode As Integer        ' get mouse position and buttons pressed    GetCursorPos startPoint    If GetAsyncKeyState(vbLeftButton) Then startButton = vbLeftButton    If GetAsyncKeyState(vbRightButton) Then startButton = startButton Or _        vbRightButton    If GetAsyncKeyState(vbMiddleButton) Then startButton = startButton Or _        vbMiddleButton            ' get container upper-left corner position    ' in screen coordinates (currPoint is Zero)    ClientToScreen ctrl.Container.hwnd, currPoint    ' get container size    GetClientRect ctrl.Container.hwnd, contRect    ' convert to screen coordintes    contRect.Left = currPoint.X    contRect.Top = currPoint.Y    contRect.Right = contRect.Right + currPoint.X    contRect.Bottom = contRect.Bottom + currPoint.Y    ' limit the cursor within the parent control    ClipCursor contRect        ' get the ScaleMode that is active for the control    ' this is the ScaleMode of its container, or it    ' is vbTwips if its container does not support    ' the ScaleMode property    On Error Resume Next    contScaleMode = vbTwips    ' ignore next assignement if the container    ' dows not support ScaleMode property    contScaleMode = ctrl.Container.ScaleMode        Do        ' exit if all mouse buttons are released        If (startButton And vbLeftButton) = 0 Or GetAsyncKeyState(vbLeftButton) _            = 0 Then            If (startButton And vbRightButton) = 0 Or GetAsyncKeyState _                (vbRightButton) = 0 Then                If (startButton And vbMiddleButton) = 0 Or GetAsyncKeyState _                    (vbMiddleButton) = 0 Then                    Exit Do                End If            End If        End If                ' get current mouse position        GetCursorPos currPoint                ' move the control if they are different        If currPoint.X <> startPoint.X Or currPoint.Y <> startPoint.Y Then            ' move the control            With ctrl.Parent                ctrl.Move ctrl.Left + .ScaleX(currPoint.X - startPoint.X, _                    vbPixels, contScaleMode), ctrl.Top + .ScaleY(currPoint.Y - _                    startPoint.Y, vbPixels, contScaleMode)                ' refresh container                InvalidateRectByNum .hwnd, 0, False                .Refresh            End With            LSet startPoint = currPoint        End If                ' allow background processing        DoEvents    Loop        ' restore full mouse movement    ClipCursorByNum 0End Sub

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