Turn off the mouse pointer in DirectX?

[carpman2007]

Hello all,

Forgive me if this question has been asked already -- I looked around but couldn't find an answer.

How does one, from within an EB program, hide the mouse pointer in full-screen DirectX mode?

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

For 2D or 3D?

For 2D programs:

SETCURSOR FrontBuffer,@CSCUSTOM,0

Will do it and

SETCURSOR FrontBuffer,@CSARROW

Brings it back. 

For 3D programs the commands are the same, just substitute your window variable name for FrontBuffer.

Paul.

[ZeroDog]

can't you use the frontbuffer in a fullscreen d3d screen as well?

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

FrontBuffer/BackBuffer are reserved variable name only used for 2D screens (DX7).   I was actually wrong about the 3D screen method, was thinking about the old 3D engine we used to have,

For a 3D screen use the m_win member variable of your screen object.

C3DScreen s
s.CreateWindowed(0,0,640,480,@CAPTION|@SIZE,"3D Test - ESC exits",NULL,false)
SETCURSOR s.m_win,@CSCUSTOM,0
...

SETCURSOR s.m_win,@CSARROW

[carpman2007]

Thank you!