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Is mouse over Form?

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To tell if the mouse is over Delphi Form, we can use the GetCapture() windows API function to capture the mouse. See the Windows documentation for additional information and limitations on mouse capturing.

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procedure TForm1.FormDeactivate(Sender: TObject) ;
begin
   ReleaseCapture;
end;

procedure TForm1.FormMouseMove
(Sender: TObject; Shift: TShiftState; X,Y: Integer) ;
begin
  If GetCapture = 0 then
    SetCapture(Form1.Handle) ;
    if PtInRect(Rect(Form1.Left,
                    Form1.Top,
                    Form1.Left + Form1.Width,
                    Form1.Top + Form1.Height),
                    ClientToScreen(Point(x, y))) then
     Form1.Caption := 'Mouse is over form' else
     Form1.Caption := 'Mouse is outside of form';
end;
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