Positioning the cursor/mouse tip using VBA

Question

I am using Visual Basic for Applications, and in my program, I am opening Inventor parts and capturing thumbnails. I get undesirable results if the mouse tip is left hovering over the parts. I would like to be able to re-position the cursor such that it is well out of the way.

Any VBA code that accomplishes this along with the required references would be much appreciated.

Comintern · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04 15:01:37Z

2

You can use the SetCursorPos API for this, although the UX might be horrible if you don't put it back where you found it:

Private Declare Sub SetCursorPos Lib "user32.dll" (x As Long, y As Long)

Sub Example()
    SetCursorPos 0, 0
End Sub

If you do want to restore the original location, just grab it with GetCursorPos first.

answered Jan 4, 2017 at 15:01

Comintern

22.3k6 gold badges36 silver badges83 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Positioning the cursor/mouse tip using VBA

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related