Returns the column position of the mouse pointer in the main Visual FoxPro window or a user-defined window.
Syntax
MCOL([cWindowName [, nScaleMode]])
Returns
Numeric
Arguments
cWindowName
Specifies the name of the window whose mouse-pointer column position MCOL( ) returns.
If you omit cWindowName and there is no active user-defined window, MCOL( ) returns the mouse pointer's column position in the main Visual FoxPro window. If you omit cWindowName and there is an active user-defined window, MCOL( ) returns the mouse pointer's column position in the active user-defined window. MCOL( ) returns –1 if the mouse pointer is positioned outside the user-defined window or if no mouse driver is loaded and there is no output window.
nScaleMode
Specifies the unit of measurement for the value MCOL( ) returns. The settings for nScaleMode are:
| nScaleMode | Description |
| 0 | (Default) Foxels. A foxel is equivalent to the average height and width of a character based on the current font of the form in which an object is contained. Foxels are useful in developing cross-platform applications for character-based and graphical platforms. |
| 3 | Pixels. A pixel is the smallest element that can be displayed on a screen or printer. Pixels are screen-dependent. |