Re: Floating point coordinates

On 1 May 2006 18:31:10 -0700, ataanis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

While I was trying to create an event using mouse Up and down, I
realized that the return values of those (in term of coordinates),
return only integer numbers, is there a way to get the actual whole
number (e.g : with the decimal part?)

For a Form or Picbox you would need to use a ScaleMode that is not
integer-based (iow something other than Twips or Pixels). Controls
with no ScaleMode property generally use Twips. Pixel is really the
limit for mouse coords. They can be mapped to other scalemodes, but
the precision is still 1 pixel. That's why for example an X position
in twips is always an exact multiple of Screen.TwipsPerPixelX.


-Tom
MVP - Visual Basic
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