Re: How can cursor be suppressed?

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From: Todd Kennedy
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 19:07

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In article <C06qwr.5yw@world.std.com> jkenton@world.std.com (Jeff Kenton) writes:
>news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System) writes:
>
>>I am searching for a program to switch off the DOS cursor, but have so far 
>>only found a Unix program.
>>Does someone know a program name and site? Thanks.
>
>Try moving the cursor to line 25 (below the last line on the screen).
>

Or, if you're using Borland 'C', use:  _setcursortype(_NOCURSOR) Of
course, at the end of the program you'll have to turn the cursor back on
with _setcursortype(_NORMALCURSOR)

						Todd


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