value of IDC_WAIT ?

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xMicky

(Posted 2009) [#1]

In my application (BMax, not MaxGUI) I want to indicate a time to wait with showing the hourglass-cursor (or the rotating blue circle under Vista).

This can be done with:
Extern "win32"
Function SetCursor(hCursor)
End Extern

then in code: SetCursor(IDC_WAIT).

But I found out, that the pre-declared value in BMax for IDC_WAIT: 32514 has no effect either under Vista or WinXP, the cursor simply does not change.

Under Vista the Cursor changes correctly with IDC_WAIT =65543, while under XP this value shows a little Form-Symbol (white rectangle with blue caption).

Now I wonder why I get such different results, shouldn't this be a constant with the same value for all Win-Versions, or do I miss something ?

Gabriel

(Posted 2009) [#2]

I think you're passing the wrong parameter to the wrong function. SetCursor takes a cursor handle, not a cursor id. Try

SetCursor(LoadCursor(Null,IDC_WAIT))

And leave the value of IDC_WAIT as 32514 because it's correct.

xMicky

(Posted 2009) [#3]

Thank you for your reply. This leads to a new question:
In "User32.BMX" I found the declarations:

Function LoadCursorA( hInstance,lpCursorName:Byte Ptr)
Function LoadCursorW( hInstance,lpCursorName:Short Ptr)

How can I convert IDC_WAIT =CONST Int to a Byte Ptr or a Short Ptr ?

Gabriel

(Posted 2009) [#4]

You should be able to just cast an Int to a Byte Ptr.

LoadCursorA(Null,Byte Ptr(IDC_WAIT))

xMicky

(Posted 2009) [#5]

OK, I did that, and now Cursors under Vista and XP are shown as they should.

Thx !