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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3231.0. "Pointer problem...?" by NZOV01::MCKENZIE (Cry HAVOC & Let Slip DOGS of WAR) Mon Dec 18 1989 17:00

    Is it possible to toggle the mouse pointer off/on from within
    Amigabasic?
    
    How is it done?
    
    Cheers
    
    Phil
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3231.1NZOV01::MCKENZIECry HAVOC & Let Slip DOGS of WARTue Dec 19 1989 20:266
    Does anyone have a program/object that can switch the pointer
    off/on?
    
    cheers
    
    Phil
3231.2BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonTue Dec 19 1989 20:565
    on fish disk #75 is a program called MouseOff that hides the mouse
    pointer until it detects mouse movement.  The docs say that it includes
    source, doesn't say what language.
    
    -Dave
3231.3NZOV01::MCKENZIECry HAVOC & Let Slip DOGS of WARTue Dec 19 1989 21:075
    Thanks dave...
    
    Does anyone have this program available on the net?
    
    
3231.4Different pointers?DECWET::DAVISMark Davis - 206.865.8749Tue Dec 19 1989 21:163
    Are there any pointers out there in PD land?
    
    mark
3231.5BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonTue Dec 19 1989 23:5518
    
    I looked on tape::user2:[amiga.old_fish] but it didn't have 
    fish #75.  Didn't see it on wjg::user1:[amiga.fish] either.
    
    So...  it took a while, looks like binary file transfers have stopped
    working for me... finally got it up to the vax as uuencoded text.
     
    It can found at:
    
    BAGELS::SCRATCH:[SCRATCH.BRANNON.AMIGA]MOUSEOFF.ZOO
    
    It is Stream_LF format, and I tested it - appears to work fine under 
    KS/WB 1.3 (kind of amazing for software that old)
    
    Are there any plans to update the enet fish directories to contain
    all of the older fish disks?
    
    -Dave
3231.6WHAMMY::SPODARYKBinary ThrottleWed Dec 20 1989 02:089
    For future reference, try tape::user2:[amiga.fish.ff075]
    I think most/all the disks are there.
    
    One of the Amiga Plus disks had a utility to save/load pointers.
    It also came with about 20 decent pointers.  I would bet that
    the code is non-distributable, but I couldn't find anything
    that definitely said so.  Anyone know for sure?
    
    ~Steve
3231.7BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Dec 20 1989 17:326
    re:.6  oops, forgot to check there.  I should mention that
    I highly recommend that Aquarium program, it makes searching
    the fish disks for things like that mouseoff very easy.  I
    just searched for any text that included the word "pointer".
    
    -Dave
3231.8YUPPIE::WILSONTony, the HOSS TRUMPETWed Dec 20 1989 19:391
    The pointers are on Amiga+ disk 4.  They are copyrighted.
3231.9BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonThu Dec 21 1989 00:585
    I hate to say it, but I think I saw mention of a program that
    does the same thing on a recent fish disk.  But I'm at work
    and the Aquarium is at home :-)
    
    -dave
3231.10Almost there...NZOV01::MCKENZIEStop Pollution: Leave a legacyThu Dec 21 1989 09:1519
    Thanks for the pointer Dave - I downloaded the file and it works
    PERFECTLY both from within the workbench and from CLI. I'll have
    to get hold of a C compilier and re-compile so I can adjust the
    time delay to about 1 second instead of 10. 
    
    One question: How can I run this program from within AmigaBASIC?
    
    I have tried and it doesnt seem to work...is there anything special
    I have to do to it to make it work...?
    
    Ideally I'd like to make it a sub-program so I could call it from
    any program and then return to the point in the program where I
    left and called the MOUSEOFF ...
    
    any and all help appreciated
    
    Thanks again
    
    Phil
3231.11BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonFri Dec 22 1989 15:148
    re:.10
    
    How are you running the program from within AmigaBASIC now?
    
    re: saving the pointer
    It's on fish disk 150, a program called Iconizer.
    
    -Dave