Re: how to turn cursor on/off

Actually, in the windows api, the "cursor" is the thing displayed to represent
mouse position. You can't just turn if off -- most of the message
handlers for the
window will turn it back on, and it is a global thing.

Here, I'm going to assume that you really meant the typing cursor,
which is called
the "caret". To turn it on and off, you need the handle of the window
to which it belongs.

In SwiftForth, the actual window you type in is contained in a couple of layers
of other windows. The handle of that window is held in PHANDLE (and don't ask me
why it is called PHANDLE, I can't remember!).

So,

PHANDLE ShowCaret DROP \ show the caret
PHANDLE HideCaret DROP \ hide the caret

rick

On 5/30/07, Morten A. Steien <morten.steien_at_chello.no> wrote:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648396.aspx
>
> False ShowCursor
> True ShowCursor
>
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2007 07:10:35 +0200, Bee <200309_at_scshop.com> wrote:
> > Are there commands to turn the cursor on and off?
> >
> > --
> > Bill Muench
> > Santa Cruz, California
>
> --
> Med Vennlig Hilsen,
> Morten A. Steien
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