Thread: Can I hide the slash in a console window?

The slash that apears under the text.
Thankz in advance.

Originally posted by Marcos
The slash that apears under the text.
Thankz in advance.

Sure, if you know how. This is OS specific. So in short, yes, it's possible.

Quzah.

Ok, I am using XP, Anyone know how to do it?

You must use WINAPI functions. First include header windows.h and copy this into your program.

This function is a part of my CGE SDK.

Code:

BOOL ShowScreenCursor (BOOL Show)
{
	CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO cci = {0};
	BOOL StatusCCI = FALSE;



	if (Show) // show screen cursor
	{
		cci.dwSize   = 30;
		cci.bVisible = TRUE;
		StatusCCI    = SetConsoleCursorInfo (GetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &cci);		
	}
	else // hide screen cursor
	{
		cci.dwSize   = 100;
		cci.bVisible = FALSE;
		StatusCCI    = SetConsoleCursorInfo (GetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &cci);
	}
	return StatusCCI;
}

Note: This works only on NT based OS.