GetMouseXY Method

Get mouse page and x,y in twips.

Declaration

int GetMouseXY(out int PageNr, out int PageX, out int PageY);

Description

This function can be used to calculate the page under the mouse cursor and the X and Y position on the page.

The result value is 0 if there is no page under the mouse cursor, otherwise it can have the following values:

 InsidePage=1,

 TopMargin=2,

 BottomMargin=3,

 LeftMargin=4,

 RightMargin=5,

 AfterTextBody=6,

 InsideTextBody=7.

X and Y are measured in twips (inch/1440)

Also see GetXY which retrieves various properties.

Example C#:

  private void wpdllInt1_MouseMove(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)

  {

   int x,y,p;

   if (wpdllInt1.Memo.GetMouseXY(out p,out x,out y)>0)

   {

    stHint.Text =

       "P" + p.ToString() +

       "X" + x.ToString() +

       "Y" + y.ToString();

   }

  }

Example VB6:

    Dim x As Long

    Dim y As Long

    Dim page As Long

    Memo.GetMouseXY page, x, y

Category

Coordinate Conversion

RTF2PDF Note: This method is not included IWPEditor