Reviewed and revised December 2023
tab(-10, AG_SETCURSOR); chr(CursorCode); chr(127); Tab(-10,x) Syntax Notes
AG_SETCURSOR (50) allows you to change the mouse cursor to the symbol of your choice, from the normal A-Shell/Windows cursor of an "I Beam" (which changes automatically to an arrow when the mouse is moved over a button or the menu bar). The value of CursorCode determines the cursor symbol, from the table below:
CursorCode |
Description |
|
CursorCode |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
32 |
Arrow |
|
44 |
Watch 4 |
35 |
Pointing hand |
|
45 |
Watch 5 |
40 |
Hourglass |
|
46 |
Watch 6 |
41 |
Watch 1 |
|
47 |
Watch 7 |
42 |
Watch 2 |
|
48 |
I-Beam |
43 |
Watch 3 |
|
|
|
Response
none
For example, while performing an operation that may take a few seconds, like building a list of customers to load into an XTREE, you can set the cursor to an hourglass with this command:
PRINT TAB(-10,AG_SETCURSOR);chr(40);chr(127); ! set cursor to hourglass
For backwards compatibility, A-Shell/Windows and ATE also support the older Tab(-1,160) command:
print tab(-1,160); chr(CursorCode);
Note that the AG_SETCURSOR syntax should be used in new development.
