How Can I handle Mouse events over a Form with Trancperancy Key ؟

[informat]

Hi :
I had a Form and I put the property Transparency Key to "Control" so some of the form will be hidden ....
but I still want to handle User Mouse Clicks on the hidden part of the form ... How Can I ?

thanks ...

[TRScheel]

Hi :
I had a Form and I put the property Transparency Key to "Control" so some of the form will be hidden ....
but I still want to handle User Mouse Clicks on the hidden part of the form ... How Can I ?

thanks ...

Off the top of my head, here's a couple options:

1) Dont draw the object
2) Catch all the mouse messages to the program and check if a click happens inside the control, and if so fire the OnClick event
3) DirectInput, and do the same as #2

[informat]

Off the top of my head, here's a couple options:

1) Dont draw the object
2) Catch all the mouse messages to the program and check if a click happens inside the control, and if so fire the OnClick event
3) DirectInput, and do the same as #2

thanks but your answer does not help ...
I wrote the Click_Event of the form , but when the user click the hidden part of the form , it does n't call Click_Event , it moves the focus to the other applications that resides behind my form !!!!
what I mean : do I have to use system hooks to catch all Mouse Events that happens on the system , or there is another solution ??
thanks

[TRScheel]

thanks but your answer does not help ...
I wrote the Click_Event of the form , but when the user click the hidden part of the form , it does n't call Click_Event , it moves the focus to the other applications that resides behind my form !!!!
what I mean : do I have to use system hooks to catch all Mouse Events that happens on the system , or there is another solution ??
thanks

From what you are describing, it seems you would need either the hook or directinput. Someone might have another answer for you though.