2D geometry/trigonometry question

["Martin Dillon" <martin dot dillon at optusnet dot com dot au>]

Hello all,

Given a line from x1,y1 to x2,y2 how can I calculate the minimum distance of a 
mousedown at arbitrary location x3,y3 to the line?

Thanks,
Martin
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