Visual Basic Programmer's Resources/Examples:

Get Mouse Position:

' Instructions:
' 1) Paste the following code into a new project
' 2) Run the project. As you move the mouse, the
'    mouse coordinates will appear in the form
'    caption.

'  This sample code is presented as is.
'  Although every reasonable effort has been
'  made to insure the correctness of the example
'  below, Idioma Software Inc. makes no warranty
'  of any kind with regard to this program sample
'  either implicitly or explicitly.

'  This program example may be freely distributed for the
'  use of writing computer programs only. Any other use of
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'  (c) 2000 Idioma Software inc. All rights reserved.
 
' Title:    Get Mouse Position
' Platform: Visual Basic - 32 bit
' Author:   Jon Vote
' Contact:  jon@idioma-software.com
' Date:     02/2000
'

Option Explicit

'Declare as public for use in external module
Private Type POINTAPI
        X As Long
        Y As Long
End Type

'Declare as public for use in external module
Private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" _
        (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long

Sub GetMouse(MouseX As Long, MouseY As Long)

'**
'** - returns current mouse x and y in
'** - twips
'**
    Dim mousexy As POINTAPI

    Call GetCursorPos(mousexy)
    MouseX = (mousexy.X * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
    MouseY = (mousexy.Y * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY)

End Sub

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As
Single, Y As Single)

    Dim iX As Long
    Dim iY As Long
    
    Call GetMouse(iX, iY)
    
    Me.Caption = "Mouse position: " & iX & ":" & iY
    
End Sub