Mouse wrangling, can the mouse be confined to an area of a swf

I want to be able to make the mouse only able to move around
on part of the stage namely the bottom 75px. So I want ot to be
able to move 100% on the X axis but I want to restrict the movement
along the y axis. Is there a way to do this without using the mouse
hide function?

This is such a bizarre and strange question that we get quite
often. The mouse is a tool that sits on the users desk top. Do you
really think there is some way to have a giant claw or something
come out of the computer and only allow the user's hand to move in
specific places? Because in effect that is what you are asking.
The user and their mouse will move where and when they want,
there is no way for any program or anything to control that.
The only control you have is over what is represented on the
screen by that motion – and that is accomplished in flash by
hiding the mouse.

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