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Article #1667Re: How to simulate dos-like cursor in windows
From: Tom W. Brown
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:51
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:51
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In article <1992Oct15.213701.2244@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, leeda@cps.msu.edu (Dae Hee Lee) writes: |> |> Hello! |> Could you help me creating a blinking cursor (not mouse cursor)? |> Thank you very much! |> |> Daehee The technical term is "caret" :-) First look into the caret routines (CreateCaret, ShowCaret, and DestroyCaret) to see if they'll do what you want. If not then you can always roll your own by using a timer to control the blink and use GDI drawing calls to display and hide the caret. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Brown | "Strange women, lying in ponds, distributing PE Nelson Systems | swords is no basis for a system of government." twbrown@pe-nelson.com | Monty Python and the Holy Grail ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!lax.pe-nelson.com!lax!twbrown From: twbrown@PE-Nelson.COM (Tom W. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Subject: Re: How to simulate dos-like cursor in windows Message-ID: <641@lax.lax.pe-nelson.com> Date: 16 Oct 92 21:51:17 GMT References: <1992Oct15.213701.2244@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Sender: news@lax.pe-nelson.com Organization: PE-Nelson Lines: 19