help with coding

[midgetchris]

hi i was wondering if there is an equivilent of "GetCursorPos" "GetDesktopWindow" "GetPixel" and "SetCursorPos" for vb.net.i just cant figure it out...maybe i am thinking too hard? if there is would somebody kindly tell me the code ty.

christine

 

[kulrom]

 GetCursorPos = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position 
GetDesktopWindow = NONE - the only way is to use PInvoke service to call the platform api.
GetPixel = System.Drawing.Bitmap.GetPixel(1,1) 
SetCursorPos = PointToScreen(New Point(e.X, e.Y))

Cheers

 

[midgetchris]

how do i do get this

codeSnippet language="C#">
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();
</codeSnippet

into visual basic language. I do not have C# on this pc and need to find a way to do this in vb.net somehow. thanks

 

[jmcilhinney]

<DllImport("user32.dll")> [color=Blue]Public Shared Function[/color] GetDesktopWindow() [color=Blue]As[/color] IntPtr
  [color=Green]'External function is left empty.[/color]
[color=Blue]End Function[/color]

May I also recommend more descriptive names for your posts in future. I'd guess that every post on these forums is for help with coding.

 

[kulrom]

very confusing i must say ... i cannot find sense to implement IntPtr structure in this function (i don't know the purpose of IntPtr in your case)
Hmm .... probably

 <DllImport("user32")> 
Public Function GetDesktopWindow(ByRef handle as IntPtr) As Boolean 'any other datatypes are valid

anyway you should know that IntPtr structure is used to allocate some memory and get its address

Cheers