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Steve Whitnear - 18 Feb 2006 10:10 GMT

Is it possible to handle events such as mouseup in publisher. I would like
to detect when an image is moved across a page. The full problem is to come
up with a school pupil teaching game so that if there is an item costing 12
cents and there is a bag of money containing 100 cents then once the pupil
has moved 12 cents inside a box they get a message box popup.

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Ed Bennett - 19 Feb 2006 00:00 GMT

> Is it possible to handle events such as mouseup in publisher. I would
> like to detect when an image is moved across a page. The full problem
> is to come up with a school pupil teaching game so that if there is
> an item costing 12 cents and there is a bag of money containing 100
> cents then once the pupil has moved 12 cents inside a box they get a
> message box popup.

No, this is not possible. Coding interactive applications is NOT best done
in Publisher. You should look into either using a real programming language
for this, or perhaps Flash, or you're really desperate you might be able to
use a UserForm.

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Steve Whitnear - 19 Feb 2006 12:40 GMT

Thank you Ed for the feedback. It appears Publisher is the odd one out in
the Office apps.

>> Is it possible to handle events such as mouseup in publisher. I would
>> like to detect when an image is moved across a page. The full problem
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> language for this, or perhaps Flash, or you're really desperate you might
> be able to use a UserForm.

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