Re: how to turn cursor on/off

That is correct. But you can turn the cursor off while it is inside
your window.

In the SF consoll you can run:
   function: ShowCursor ( Flag -- Ret )
   false ShowCursor

Now the cursor will be visible outside the SF window, but if you move it
inside the SF window it disappears. I am not even sure it is possible to
turn it off globally.

Morten

On Wed, 30 May 2007 14:25:16 +0200, Rick VanNorman <rick_at_neverslow.com> wrote:
> 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

--
Med Vennlig Hilsen,
Morten A. Steien
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