"Oenone" <oen***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Michael D Murphy wrote:
>> I have win app in which I need to move the mouse to the textbox field
>> that has the focus and then hide the mouse pointer.
>
> If you're really sure you want to do that, bearing in mind it may irritate
> your users, you can do it as follows.
>
> To move the mouse cursor to the control that has focus:
>
>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = _
>                        Me.ActiveControl.PointToScreen(New Point(0, 0))
>
> This will put the cursor at the exact top/left of the control. If you
> change
> the (0,0) to different numbers, this will offset the cursor from that
> position.
>
> To hide the cursor:
>
>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Hide()
>
> This will hide it as long as it remains over your application; if the
> pointer is moved over a different application it will still appear.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> --
>
> (O) e n o n e
>
>

"Michael D Murphy" <mdmur***@scs-techresources.com> wrote in message
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> (O) e n o n e,
> Thanks for your help.
> This is a kiosk type XP Embedded Win App that offers the user no mouse or
> keyboard interaction. But I did tie a real push button on the front panel
> so the user can print a coupon for what he/she is looking at. Kinda
> complex to explain, but thanks again for the code snippet!!
> Michael
> "Oenone" <oen***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:X_g5e.11829$S9.5623@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>> Michael D Murphy wrote:
>>> I have win app in which I need to move the mouse to the textbox field
>>> that has the focus and then hide the mouse pointer.
>>
>> If you're really sure you want to do that, bearing in mind it may
>> irritate
>> your users, you can do it as follows.
>>
>> To move the mouse cursor to the control that has focus:
>>
>>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = _
>>                        Me.ActiveControl.PointToScreen(New Point(0, 0))
>>
>> This will put the cursor at the exact top/left of the control. If you
>> change
>> the (0,0) to different numbers, this will offset the cursor from that
>> position.
>>
>> To hide the cursor:
>>
>>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Hide()
>>
>> This will hide it as long as it remains over your application; if the
>> pointer is moved over a different application it will still appear.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> --
>>
>> (O) e n o n e
>>
>>
>
>

"Michael D Murphy" <mdmur***@scs-techresources.com> wrote in message
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> (O) e n o n e
> When I am debugging :
> Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = Me.ActiveControl.PointToScreen(New
> Point(0, 0))
>
> I get an Object Not Set to a reference Exception, even though I have the
> following line of code right above it.
> txtParkHere.Focus()
>
> Obviously I am doing something wrong. When I look at the value of
> ActiveControl, it is set to Nothing.
> Thanks for your time.
> Michael
>
> "Michael D Murphy" <mdmur***@scs-techresources.com> wrote in message
> news:efr$MP7OFHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> (O) e n o n e,
>> Thanks for your help.
>> This is a kiosk type XP Embedded Win App that offers the user no mouse or
>> keyboard interaction. But I did tie a real push button on the front panel
>> so the user can print a coupon for what he/she is looking at. Kinda
>> complex to explain, but thanks again for the code snippet!!
>> Michael
>> "Oenone" <oen***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:X_g5e.11829$S9.5623@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>>> Michael D Murphy wrote:
>>>> I have win app in which I need to move the mouse to the textbox field
>>>> that has the focus and then hide the mouse pointer.
>>>
>>> If you're really sure you want to do that, bearing in mind it may
>>> irritate
>>> your users, you can do it as follows.
>>>
>>> To move the mouse cursor to the control that has focus:
>>>
>>>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = _
>>>                        Me.ActiveControl.PointToScreen(New Point(0, 0))
>>>
>>> This will put the cursor at the exact top/left of the control. If you
>>> change
>>> the (0,0) to different numbers, this will offset the cursor from that
>>> position.
>>>
>>> To hide the cursor:
>>>
>>>        Windows.Forms.Cursor.Hide()
>>>
>>> This will hide it as long as it remains over your application; if the
>>> pointer is moved over a different application it will still appear.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> (O) e n o n e
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>