"Johnny Jensen" <jej@aaa.dk> wrote in message
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> Hello Group
>
> In the old days i'ev created a VB6 appl. that was able to obtain the
> underlaying control under the mouse pointer. I would very much like to do
> that in a C# application. I'll use VS2005 and .Net 2.0
>
> I'll know of the solution to code each control for the mouse over event,
> but I cant use that i this case.
>
> Any one outthere with som examples?

"Johnny Jensen" <jej@aaa.dk> wrote in message
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> Hey Michael
>
> Thanks for replying and it gave me some hint, but mabye i'am a bit slow
> here.
>
> Say that i'll have a label control on my form in the rectangle
> 20,20,120,36 on the forms mousemove event I read the x any y values to get
> the point, but the secund i reach the label the forms mousemove no longer
> runs - now it is the labels mousemove event that runs, and the reading of
> x,y will now be wrong.
>
> So that way i'll never get the Control.GetChildAtPoint to be anything else
> but null. but if i'll in the forms mousemove event get the x,y and look at
> x+1,y-1 ( or something like that ) i'll get the control when i'am almost
> over the label.
>
> Could you give me some more hints?

>
> Kind regards
> Johnny Jensen
>
>
> "Michael C" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:eJlNqUECHHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "Johnny Jensen" <jej@aaa.dk> wrote in message
>> news:uK$Oh8DCHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello Group
>>>
>>> In the old days i'ev created a VB6 appl. that was able to obtain the
>>> underlaying control under the mouse pointer. I would very much like to
>>> do that in a C# application. I'll use VS2005 and .Net 2.0
>>>
>>> I'll know of the solution to code each control for the mouse over event,
>>> but I cant use that i this case.
>>>
>>> Any one outthere with som examples?
>>
>> interate through the controls collection and attach the mousemove event
>> for every control and then use Control.GetChildAtPoint in the event to
>> find the control the mouse it over.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
>

"Michael C" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Johnny Jensen" <jej@aaa.dk> wrote in message
> news:uK$Oh8DCHHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hello Group
>>
>> In the old days i'ev created a VB6 appl. that was able to obtain the
>> underlaying control under the mouse pointer. I would very much like to do
>> that in a C# application. I'll use VS2005 and .Net 2.0
>>
>> I'll know of the solution to code each control for the mouse over event,
>> but I cant use that i this case.
>>
>> Any one outthere with som examples?
>
> interate through the controls collection and attach the mousemove event
> for every control and then use Control.GetChildAtPoint in the event to
> find the control the mouse it over.
>
> Michael
>

"Johnny Jensen" <jej@aaa.dk> wrote in message
news:ecyuQpPCHHA.4224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> So that way i'll never get the Control.GetChildAtPoint to be anything else
> but null. but if i'll in the forms mousemove event get the x,y and look at
> x+1,y-1 ( or something like that ) i'll get the control when i'am almost
> over the label.
>
> Could you give me some more hints?