by Mike Gerwitz (5 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
Squeak be gone! Have you ever wondered how to hide the user's cursor (mouse pointer)? Well, this simple API call will do the trick! See what you can do with it, and please vote!
API DeclarationsPublic Declare Function ShowCursor Lib "user32" Alias "ShowCursor" (ByVal bShow As Long) As Long
VBcodersOption Explicit
'This is the API function that will hide the cursor
Public Declare Function ShowCursor Lib "user32" Alias "ShowCursor" (ByVal bShow As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
'Hide the cursor when the program starts
ShowCursor 0
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload()
'Show the cursor when it ends
ShowCursor 1
End Sub