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Hey, i'm trying to make this little paddle mouse controled, and my problem is, the mouse goes off the window to easy, is there any way how i can lock the mouse in the center of the window and still use it to move this paddle around?

heres the code it should work with no media:

;Breakout by Yahfree
;2007-04-4 -> ????-??-(?)?
AppTitle "Breakout by Yahfree","Are you sure?"

HidePointer

;sets the graphics mode, and the setbuffer
Graphics 800,600,32,2
SetBuffer BackBuffer()

;Globalized stuff
Global paddle, paddlex=380, paddley=560
Global ball,ballx=380, bally=580, ballxdir#=0, ballydir=-1, move=1
;Global blope=LoadSound("Beep.wav")

;Constant numbers that never change..
Const ESC=1, RIGHTARR=205, LEFTARR=203, SPACE=57, MOUSE1=1


;Mid handles all of the images and creates a image called paddle.
AutoMidHandle True
   paddle=CreateImage(70,15)
   ball=CreateImage(10,10)

;draws on the empty image container..
SetBuffer ImageBuffer(paddle)
   Rect 0,0,70,15,1
SetBuffer ImageBuffer(ball)
   Oval 0,0,10,10,1
SetBuffer BackBuffer()

;!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@
;!@!@!@!@ MAIN LOOP !@!@!@!!@
;!@!@!@!@!@!!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!@!
While Not KeyHit(1)
Cls


addplayercontrols()

DrawImage paddle,paddlex,paddley
DrawImage ball,ballx,bally

addcollisions()


;small delay in the loop for less slow down.
;flips, ends the loop and termanates the program..
Delay 5
  Flip
Wend
End

;Include "Functions.bb"

;Player controls
Function addplayercontrols()

;Balls spot if move=1
If move=1 ballx=MouseX()-35
If move=1 And ballx<35 ballx=35
If move=1 bally=paddley-15
If move=1 ballydir=-1 ballxdir=0

;Move=2 if the spacebar is pressed
If KeyHit(SPACE) Or MouseHit(MOUSE1)
   move=2
End If

;Paddle controls
paddlex=MouseX()-35
If paddlex<35 paddlex=35

;calls the moveball function if move=2
If move=2
   moveball()
End If

End Function

;Moving the ball
Function moveball()

bally=bally+ballydir*6
ballx=ballx+ballxdir*6

If bally<0 ballydir=1 ;PlaySound(blope)
If bally>600 move=1 ballydir=-1
If ballx<0 ballxdir=1 ;PlaySound(blope)
If ballx>800 ballxdir=-1 ;PlaySound(blope)

End Function

;All the games collisions..
Function addcollisions()

If ImagesCollide(paddle,paddlex,paddley,0,ball,ballx,bally,0)
ballxdir=(ballx - paddlex)*.025
ballydir=-1
;PlaySound(blope)
End If
End Function


as you can see the mouse can easly run off the screen leavin the player useless untill he gets it back on there, how can i lock it into a place?