| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
HI,
A question for you out there , is it possible to switch the
pointer off ?. I know I could do it by setting the pointer blank
in prefs, but is there a lib function or routine to allow be to
disable / enable the pointer at will ?.
I'd find this useful as there are occasions ( i.e. writing games)
where it would be nice to just clear the pointer out of the way
and when the program is finished re-enable it.
Thanks,
John.
P.S. Most of my programming is done using F-basic compiler.
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| 2272.1 | QMouse will do the trick for you | MTWAIN::MACDONALD | WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25 | Fri Feb 24 1989 12:55 | 6 |
You might consider using QMouse V1.4. This has a settable timer
for blanking the pointer. Mousing the mouse makes it reappear.
There is a simialr feature on MachII V2.5, but it does not function
correctly with some editors like uEmacs.
Paul
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| 2272.2 | STC::HEFFELFINGER | Pigs and Ponies | Fri Feb 24 1989 23:24 | 9 | |
There's a function call in the Intuition library called
ClearPointer(win) (where win is a pointer to a Window structure)
I don't know how you would use this in F-BASIC.
The other side of the coin is SetPointer().
Gary
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| 2272.3 | thanks | AYOV11::JNOLAN | Mon Feb 27 1989 08:19 | 8 | |
RE: .2
Thanks,
that's exactly what I'm looking for, ( I can access
the libs. from F-Basic).
John.
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| 2272.4 | Use Intuition | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Mon Feb 27 1989 20:45 | 10 |
\There is a great advantage to using the Intuition routines. They set the pointer only for your window. So, when your window is active, the pointer has the imagery (or lack thereof) that you specify, but if you activate another window (click on it using the invisible pointer), the pointer will reappear until your window is active again. For example, Workbench uses that trick. When Workbench is busy and not listening to you, it changes the shape of the pointer to the ZZZ cloud. However, the pointer only has that shape for Workbench widows: click on a CLI window (or any program window), and the normal pointer reappears. | |||||