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Article #9985Re: How to hide caret in Edit Box?
From: Boba
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 22:31
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 22:31
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"Eugene" <eugene@dmx.de> wrote in message news:40acc205$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > > Hi, > > I would like to ask how to hide the caret totally in controls.I can hide it with HideCaret, e.g: > HideCaret(Edit1->Handle); > But i must write it to OnChange, OnClick and FormCreate.By the other hand another people has asked this here and got a complete answer with 2 lines of code.I noted that before but now i can not find it. > In short sentences, how can i hide caret in TEdit completely? > > Eugene Saying frankly, I don't remember that 'complete answer with 2 lines of code', and just because VCL does not support MS windowing 100%, I had to create my own carret with all the properties it is suppose to have. As for the HideCaret API call, NT environment is pretty stingy about any resource(s) and it may return the ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED error code with GetLastError. I wish you good luck 'cause you'll need it - that's why there is no TCaret class in BCB v.<=3. .Boba
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10cc67,f48a98caca73cc37 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cc67,public From: "Boba" <Boba@somewhere.world> Newsgroups: borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi References: <40acc205$1@newsgroups.borland.com> Subject: Re: How to hide caret in Edit Box? Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:31:00 -0500 Lines: 29 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.210.156.32 Message-ID: <40b66bae@newsgroups.borland.com> X-Trace: newsgroups.borland.com 1085696942 208.210.156.32 (27 May 2004 15:29:02 -0700) Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsgroups.borland.com!not-for-mail