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[C++] How to remove a blinking caret!

[C++] How to remove a blinking caret!, My example code. :)

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11 Nov, 2008 - 02:43 PM

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No blinking caret!!


#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO CursoInfo;

int main() {

    CursoInfo.dwSize = 1;         /* The size of caret */
    CursoInfo.bVisible = false;   /* Caret visible?    */
    SetConsoleCursorInfo(hConsole, &CursoInfo);

    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, 12);
    cout << "Hi, how're you?";
    cin.get();

    return 0;
}

As you can clearly see, not much to it!

It can be VERY useful when designing games in C++, where the caret is unneeded/wanted (makes graphical errors with ASCII art).

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salindor	RE: [C++] How To Remove A Blinking Caret! 11 Nov, 2008 - 04:42 PM Post #2
D.I.C Head Joined: 10 Nov, 2006 Posts: 182 Thanked: 12 times Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	Altough prolly not exactly what you were thinking... cpp #include <conio.h> #include <ctype.h> void main(){ // for (int i=0; i<60; i++) // printf("\n"); /* Display message until key is pressed. / while( !_kbhit() ) { _putch(' '); } / Use _getch to throw key away. */ printf( "\nKey struck was '%c'\n", _getch() ); } I don't think this will work on anything but windows. I remember doing it with similar methods several years ago(without the _putch)... Salindor
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