rectangle picking

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http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=729

I found this but how do you program the "rect select tool", where you hold down the mousebutton and move it to expand a rectangle?

I cant do this with 2D commands because it would be too slow.
is this possible with Nsprite?