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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

3016.0. "how to get rid of mouseptr" by GIDDAY::HERRINGE () Fri Jun 29 1990 04:01

    Hello,
    
    I have a cycle program that will display & set input focus
    to a window apon hitting a function key. But I want to get
    rid of the mouse pointer completly off the screen. Is this
    possible and how do I do it?
    
    This is for shop floor factory control system so the keyboard
    they are using wont have a control key to allow activation of
    the panel with the arrow keys.
    
                                        thanks
                                          Lyn

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3016.1		SMAUG::MENDEL	In some strange power's employ	`Fri Jun 29 1990 14:02`	2
	Would just hiding it be enough? You could always set the colors or the bitmap (like XSETROOT does) so that it is invisible.
3016.2	security	GIDDAY::HERRINGE		`Mon Jul 02 1990 00:16`	7
	No, because they want it for security reasons i.e. the operators are "dumb" users and they dont want them to be able to pop up the session mgr or anything else "dangerous". thanks Lyn
3016.3		KONING::KONING	NI1D @FN42eq	`Mon Jul 02 1990 14:17`	4
	If you don't want access to the session manager, one option is not to run the session manager on that display... paul
3016.4		GILROY::klee		`Tue Jul 03 1990 14:16`	4
	Don't know if this solves your problem, but you could grab the pointer and confine it to some "safe" window. Ken
3016.5	thanks	GIDDAY::HERRINGE		`Sun Jul 08 1990 21:50`	2
	Thanks for the help.