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When the user click on the map and drag/move the mouse, I want to draw a rectangular focus box to indicate the region in the map that he is selecting.

This works in the Mappoint Application when you click and move mouse.

How do you do this programmatically in the your own VB application using the Mappoint OCX control?

Thanks.

Alex

Alex,

I think you should be able to trigger it -- see the Extending the ActiveX control articles.

good luck,
Eric

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MappointControl1.ActiveMap.DragBehavior = geoDragBox

M.

Hmmmm Seems too simple. Have I missed the point??

Ah yeah. I haven't used that before From the help file:

DragBehavior property
Returns or sets the action that results from the user dragging the mouse pointer across the map. Read/write GeoDragBehavior.

geoDragBox - 2
Creates a rectangular selection area on the map

geoDragHand - 1
Shifts the map

geoDragNone - 0
No action

geoDragOther - 3
If a drawing tool is selected, a shape is drawn on the map; if the Measure Distance tool is selected, distance is measured on the map; if the Location Sensor tool is selected, latitude and longitude coordinates are displayed on the map; if the mouse is near the edge of the map, the map view rotates. This value can only be returned, not set.

Eric

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Thanks for the help guys.

You may also want to check out the SelectedArea object.

objMap.SelectedArea.SelectArea 20, 40, 100, 150
objMap.SelectedArea.Location.GoTo


M.