Disabling/Removing caret from chat window

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I have setup richedit control as a chat window and I've no idea how to remove the blinking caret from the control, does anyone know how to do that in edit/richedit control?

Since you say rich edit control, I am assuming you are using Windows controls. Is my assumption correct? If yes, doesn't the cursor disappear once the control looses focus? — yasouser, Jan 18 '11 at 15:06
Yes, standard rich edit control 2.0. It does but I need to remove it when the window has keyboard focus. — Sam, Jan 18 '11 at 15:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '11 at 15:15

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Use HideCaret().

answered Jan 18 '11 at 15:15

Daniel Gehriger

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '11 at 15:17

Based on this page, you need to handle the EN_SETFOCUS Windows message and call HideCaret(). The docs there say that calls to HideCaret() are cumulative, so you probably should only call it once (use a static variable to remember whether it has been set), or alternatively call ShowCaret() in response to EN_KILLFOCUS.

Disabling/Removing caret from chat window

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