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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Blinking cursor Prob

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Shady Simpson
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 12:21
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hi,

Dunno bout you, but on every DBPro program that I make the litte arrow cursor sort of flashes all the time.

Anyone know why this is?
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 14:40 Edited at: 29th Jun 2003 23:06
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Its because the mouse is controlled by the GDI, and the graphics by DirectX - the GDI is overwritten by the DirectX stuff.

Use HIDE MOUSE to get rid of the arrow.

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Shady Simpson
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 20:49
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yes, I could do that, but I wan't to be able to see the mouse arrow.
Anyone know how I can get round this?

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IanM
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 21:28
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Do what MtTAToad suggested, then position a sprite at the mouse position as a substitute pointer.
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 23:06
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You got there before me...

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Shady Simpson
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 23:20
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* cries in the background *

I want it to be like a proper program using the proper windows cursor.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Can Anyone help me!!!!

* cries even more *

thanx.

* slaps himself *

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IanM
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 23:30
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Darn, you got there with the slap before I could

I can't think of any other way to do what you want - just get an image of your current mouse pointer and use it.
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Nilrem
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 15:13
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It can be like a 'proper' program, just do what Ian has suggest, do a Print Screen of the cursor, edit/crop it so you only have the white arrow (or simply draw your own) then set up as a sprite (in a loop) and have the co-ordinates as your mouse cursors.

For example:


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