>Hi All,
>I'm using Paul Kuliniewicz's (vbapi.com) handy solution for detecting
>the window title based on the position of the mouse pointer, especially
>when the VB app doesn't have the focus. I'm using this technique to
>shrink my app's form size when the mouse is detected off the form, and
>to enlarge it when it's on the form.

>Unfortunately, all controls on my form have no window title, i.e. only
>when the mouse is over the form (or title bar) itself is the form's
>title returned; otherwise a blank title name is returned. So I've
>resorted to enlarging my form when when the window name is "My App" or
>when it's "". Well, several mouse positions also create a null window
>title: the Task Bar, the Tray Menu, application Menus, etc. so app
>unexpectedly enlarges.

>How can I truly detect when the mouse position is anywhere over my form?

>TIA,
>Simon

> It sounds like you're trying to do this in a fairly awkward way.  You might
> want to consider using something like...

> Private Function IsPointerOverWindow(Optional ByVal WhichWindow As Long) As
> Boolean
>     If WhichWindow = 0 Then
>         ' Set default
>         WhichWindow = Me.HWnd
>     End If

>     Dim Window As Long
>     Dim PT As POINTAPI

>     GetCursorPos PT
>     Window = WindowFromPoint(PT.X, PT.Y)

>     If WhichWindow = Window Then
>         ' Window is the form
>         IsPointerOverWindow = True
>     ElseIf IsChild(WhichWindow, Window) Then
>         ' Window is a child
>         IsPointerOverWindow = True
>     End If
> End Function

> If you call this function from within a form (without passing a parameter),
> it will return True if the pointer is over the form.

> Murphy McCauley
> www.fullspectrum.com/deeth

> >Hi All,
> >I'm using Paul Kuliniewicz's (vbapi.com) handy solution for detecting
> >the window title based on the position of the mouse pointer, especially
> >when the VB app doesn't have the focus. I'm using this technique to
> >shrink my app's form size when the mouse is detected off the form, and
> >to enlarge it when it's on the form.

> >Unfortunately, all controls on my form have no window title, i.e. only
> >when the mouse is over the form (or title bar) itself is the form's
> >title returned; otherwise a blank title name is returned. So I've
> >resorted to enlarging my form when when the window name is "My App" or
> >when it's "". Well, several mouse positions also create a null window
> >title: the Task Bar, the Tray Menu, application Menus, etc. so app
> >unexpectedly enlarges.

> >How can I truly detect when the mouse position is anywhere over my form?

> >TIA,
> >Simon