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You could use a hook via WH_MOUSE_LL to get global mouse messages...<br />
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See Bob's (TheLearnedOne) example here:<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21475143/Mouse-Events.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21475143/Mouse-Events.html</a>
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You could use a hook via WH_MOUSE_LL to get global mouse messages...

See Bob's (TheLearnedOne) example here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21475143/Mouse-Events.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21475143/Mouse-Events.html]

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thank you, but I already have that links and downloaded it; &nbsp;what i am after is to count the number of seconds a mouse is down. &nbsp;i don't know where to merge the code.
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thank you, but I already have that links and downloaded it;  what i am after is to count the number of seconds a mouse is down.  i don't know where to merge the code.

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detect count/how long the mouse down pressed &lt;even outside of the main form application&gt;
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detect count/how long the mouse down pressed <even outside of the main form application>

detect count/how long the mouse down pressed

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