how to create a flashing text cursor

[Thilo Frank]

I want to add a flashing text cursor to my selfmade user control.
Is there an existing class availible for this problem or do I have to write
a thread, which flashs the cursor?

THX for your help

Thilo

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

You need to use the Win32 Caret API as imported by the following code...

[DllImport("User32.dll")]

protected static extern int CreateCaret(

System.IntPtr hWnd, // handle to owner window

System.IntPtr hBitmap, // handle to bitmap for caret shape

int nWidth, // caret width

int nHeight // caret height

);

[DllImport("User32.dll")]

protected static extern int ShowCaret(

System.IntPtr hWnd // handle to window with caret

);

[DllImport("User32.dll")]

protected static extern int HideCaret(

System.IntPtr hWnd // handle to window with caret

);

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"Thilo Frank" <Th********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I want to add a flashing text cursor to my selfmade user control.
Is there an existing class availible for this problem or do I have to
write
a thread, which flashs the cursor?

THX for your help

Thilo