本文介绍如何限制鼠标在窗口的指定范围内移动。这个技术在需要防止用户鼠标在指定区域内活动时非常

有用。例如在一个射击游戏中，需要限制鼠标在射击区内移动。

操作步骤

1、建立一个新工程项目，缺省建立窗体FORM1

2、添加一个新模体

3、粘贴下面代码到新模体

Option ExplicitDeclare Function ClipCursor Lib "user32" (lpRect As Any) As Long

Declare Function ClipCursorClear Lib "user32" Alias "ClipCursor" (ByVal lpRect As Long) As Long

Declare Function ClientToScreen Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long

Type RECT

Left As Long

Top As Long

Right As Long

Bottom As Long

End Type

Type POINTAPI

X As Long

Y As Long

End Type

Public RetValue As Long

Public ClipMode As Boolean

Public Sub SetCursor(ClipObject As Object, Setting As Boolean)

' used to clip the cursor into the viewport and

' turn off the default windows cursor

Dim CurrentPoint As POINTAPI

Dim ClipRect As RECT

If Setting = False Then

' set clip state back to normal

RetValue = ClipCursorClear(0)

Exit Sub

End If

' set current position

With CurrentPoint

.X = 0

.Y = 0

End With

' find position on the screen (not the window)

RetValue = ClientToScreen(ClipObject.hwnd, CurrentPoint)

' designate clip area

With ClipRect

.Top = CurrentPoint.Y

.Left = CurrentPoint.X

.Right = .Left + ClipObject.ScaleWidth

.Bottom = .Top + ClipObject.ScaleHeight

End With ' clip it

RetValue = ClipCursor(ClipRect)

End Sub

4、添加一个图片框控件（PICTURE1）到窗体（FORM1）

5、设置PICTURE1的尺寸和FORM1的一样大

6、在PICTURE1的CLICK事件中添加以下代码：

Private Sub Picture1_Click()

ClipMode = Not ClipMode

SetCursor Picture1, ClipMode

End Sub

7、保存工程项目

8、运行程序。在图片框单击鼠标，鼠标将被包含在图片框控件的区域内。要释放限制状态只需再次单击鼠标。

注意：如果释放限制状态失败，鼠标将被永久限制，只能用重新启动机器来解决。

另一个限制鼠标活动范围的方法是关闭鼠标，用其他图象代替光标，例如手枪。