Problem with showcursor

[greendey]

I'm using this:
showcursor false
why doesn't this work?

[KenX]

there seem to be no "ShowCursor"
Event, Method or Function...
as far as I can remember...

Edited by KenX on 03-13-2000 at 04:39 AM

[Serge]

When you say it doesn't work, do you mean it gives you an error or simply doesn't do anything at all? Also, did you declare the ShowCursor API?

[_bman_]

from vbapi.com:

Declare Function ShowCursor Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal bShow As Long) As Long

ShowCursor either shows or hides the mouse cursor. This is not done directly, but rather by incrementing or decrementing a counter. Each function call raises or lowers the counter by 1. If the counter is negative, the cursor is invisible. It if it non-negative, the cursor is visible. The function returns the value of the counter after changing it.


dim counter as long
Do
counter = ShowCursor(0) ' decrement by 1
Loop Until counter < 0
' keep looping until cursor 'is 'hidden

[greendey]

This is what i have. Other than, of course, the api string.

as a global variable i have
Dim counter as Long

then, i have

do
counter = showcursor(0)
loop until counter < 0

later, to make it visible again, i do this

do
counter=showcursor (1)
loop until counter >=0

It won't work. I don't know why.

[razzaj]

I dont know what exactly is in ur code but , u must know that the ShowCursor function works only in And ON ur program , so if u are trying to hide the cursor in windows (desktop ... etc ... ) this function wont work otherise on ur program forms it should

[greendey]

im just trying to get it to go away in my program, but it doesn't work. everywhere i've checked for this code shows me exactly what i have, but it doesn't work.