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Hi,

I need to present a MapPoint map to the user and allow him to click (or double-click) the location of interest. Then I'd like to get the MapPoint.Location which corresponds to his click.

I don't think the mouse-down or mouse-up events will work, since I want the user to be able to use the default mouse features of MapPoint to select his active map area. So I think that means I need to use double-click, and that causes a problem since MapPoint will display a dialog with nearby addresses, upon a double click.

I woud like to find out how to retrieve the address selected by the user, but I don't know how. So I have been left with overriding BeforeDblClick, but this code only gets called if the user double-clicks on a part of the map where there are not too many streets. If he double-clicks where there are other roads, the dialog willcome up and my code won't get called.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Hi,

Use the BeforeClick and check the Shift or Control. So user have control or if he click with Shift or Ctrl he has your code.

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Hi,

That's a great way to differentiate a double-click. But how do I check if either of these keys was down?


Thanks,
Bob

Hi,

I actually quickly tried the Ctrl and Alt keys, but they didn't help. When I override the BeforeDblClick event, the MapPoint dialog of addresses sometimes gets the event, leaving my code untouched. It turns out that when I double-click in a area with lots of street and intersections, the MapPoint dialog comes up displaying alternatives. But if I click away from other streets, I get the event in my BeforeDblClick event handler.

Would anybody know how to get the address selected by the user? Any selection in the dialog will obviously be close, and I only need the lat/long actually. But this dialog (of MapPoint's) is stealing the event so my event handler never gets the lat/long of the mouse double-click.

Thanks,
Bob

Hi,

I just checked, and you only can see if the shift was pressed down. So you can determine the dfference. If shift was pressed down you set Cancel to True and this will cancel the action that mappoint will normally do, so you can safe execute your code.

You dont have the lat/long in the clickevent but you have the x/y coordinates of the screen, so you can use them.

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Can't the SelectionChange event be used?

Hi,

Possible yes, but he wants to cancel the mappoint popup menu if I have understeand it well, and that only can be done in the beforeClick events.

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