Hiding cursor

[Pekka Jarvela]

How can I hide the cursor in C++?

I am using Visual Studio .NET and the problem is that the cursor
remains blinking on the opening screen on my program. How can I set it
to be black so that it wouldn't apperar?

Pekka

[Martin Gieseking]

Re: Hiding cursor

pekkajarvela@em ail.com (Pekka Jarvela) wrote in
news:6780c2c2.0 405120647.2b5fb 6e6@posting.goo gle.com:
[color=blue]
> How can I hide the cursor in C++?
>
> I am using Visual Studio .NET and the problem is that the cursor
> remains blinking on the opening screen on my program. How can I set it
> to be black so that it wouldn't apperar?[/color]

You can't. There is nothing like a cursor in C++. You have to look for
system dependent functions that handle the cursor's appearance.

Martin

[Julie]

Re: Hiding cursor

Pekka Jarvela wrote:[color=blue]
>
> How can I hide the cursor in C++?
>
> I am using Visual Studio .NET and the problem is that the cursor
> remains blinking on the opening screen on my program. How can I set it
> to be black so that it wouldn't apperar?
>
> Pekka[/color]

Using std C++:

class Cursor
{
public:
Cursor():m_visi ble(true){}
void Visible(bool visible) { m_visible = visible; }
private:
bool m_visible;
};

// in your code:
Cursor cursor;
cursor.Visible( false);

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