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From: resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Cursor invisible after MSQuickBasic
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.183011.9079@netcom.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 91 18:30:11 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.090133.1@csc.anu.edu.au>
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In article <1991Apr3.090133.1@csc.anu.edu.au> imj502@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
>G'Day,
>
>I am hoping that somebody can help me with an annoying problem I am having with
>an MSQuickBasic 4.0 program.  The problem is that upon exiting the program the 
>DOS cursor is invisible until something like a DIR is done.  It is most
>disconcerting to be faced with a screen with no cursor.  
>
>Within the program I do lots of COLOR FORGROUND%, BACKGROUND% setting.  
>Initially I did not set the cursor within the program to hidden or visible 
>(LOCATE ,,[1/0]) but I have tried explicitly setting it to visible before 
>leaving the program.  This does not make the DOS cursor visible.
>
>If anybody knows what is causing this I would be most grateful to hear from
>you.
>
>Many thanks,
>Ian
Are you at some point using COLOR 0,0? If so, you will need to do a 
COLOR 7,0 (or some other color) before exiting your BASIC program.

- Steve



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