Pointer Class

Create a mouse cursor, which is used to visually represent the mouse in a window.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
VObject
Pointer

Namespace: VO
Assembly: VOGUIClasses (in VOGUIClasses.dll) Version: 2.21

Syntax

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 CLASS Pointer INHERIT VObject

public class Pointer : VObject

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The Pointer type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Pointer	Load a pointer from a resource entity.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Position	A point representing the position of this pointer on the window, in screen coordinates.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Confine	Confine the movement of this pointer to a given set of screen coordinates.
	Destroy	Free memory resources allocated for a VObject object and its derived objects. (Inherited from VObject.)
	Handle	Return the handle for a pointer.
	Hide	Hide this pointer so it is not visible. Hide a control so it is not visible (until a subsequent call to Pointer:Show()).
	Show	Display a pointer so it is visible.

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Fields

	Name	Description
	oCargo	Cargo slot. (Inherited from VObject.)

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Remarks

X# provides a set of predefined pointers, defined in Pointer:Init(). In addition, if desired, you can also create pointers from resource entities. Each window can have its own pointer, and various pointer characteristics can be set, changed, or interrogated. As the pointer moves from the canvas area of one window to another, the GUI changes the pointer representation to that of the new window. Tip: In X#, the class Pointer corresponds to a mouse cursor; use class Cursor to create text cursors.

Examples

The following example provides an application window with a custom cursor:

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1CLASS MyTopAppWin INHERIT TopAppWindow
2METHOD Init CLASS MyTopAppWin
3SUPER:Init()
4SELF:Pointer := Pointer{IDC_APPCURSOR}
5RESOURCE IDC_APPCURSOR CURSOR app.cur

In Windows, pointers are sometimes called cursors. You can create a pointer in a resource entity.

Reference

VO Namespace