Cursor invisible after MSQuickBasic

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2 total messages Started by imj502 Tue, 02 Apr 1991 22:01

#1130

Author: imj502
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1991 22:01

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G'Day,

I am hoping that somebody can help me with an annoying problem I am having with
an MSQuickBasic 4.0 program.  The problem is that upon exiting the program the 
DOS cursor is invisible until something like a DIR is done.  It is most
disconcerting to be faced with a screen with no cursor.  

Within the program I do lots of COLOR FORGROUND%, BACKGROUND% setting.  
Initially I did not set the cursor within the program to hidden or visible 
(LOCATE ,,[1/0]) but I have tried explicitly setting it to visible before 
leaving the program.  This does not make the DOS cursor visible.

If anybody knows what is causing this I would be most grateful to hear from
you.

Many thanks,
Ian
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jamie@rsc.anu.edu.au			Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Re: Cursor invisible after MSQuickBasic

#1132

Author: Steve Resnick
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 18:30

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In article <1991Apr3.090133.1@csc.anu.edu.au> imj502@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
>G'Day,
>
>I am hoping that somebody can help me with an annoying problem I am having with
>an MSQuickBasic 4.0 program.  The problem is that upon exiting the program the 
>DOS cursor is invisible until something like a DIR is done.  It is most
>disconcerting to be faced with a screen with no cursor.  
>
>Within the program I do lots of COLOR FORGROUND%, BACKGROUND% setting.  
>Initially I did not set the cursor within the program to hidden or visible 
>(LOCATE ,,[1/0]) but I have tried explicitly setting it to visible before 
>leaving the program.  This does not make the DOS cursor visible.
>
>If anybody knows what is causing this I would be most grateful to hear from
>you.
>
>Many thanks,
>Ian
Are you at some point using COLOR 0,0? If so, you will need to do a 
COLOR 7,0 (or some other color) before exiting your BASIC program.

- Steve



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