-=> Quoting Steffen Offermann to Phil Crown <=- 

 SO> Moin, Phil!

 SO> 02 Jun 96 15:11, Phil Crown wrote to Steffen Offermann:
 
 PC> If your program has a blinking cursor, WinCreateCursor(),
 PC> you can intercept the WM_TIMER message from that and not
 PC> have to define your own timer.

 SO> [...]
 
 PC> You probably know this, just thought I'd mention it.

 SO> To be honest: No, I did not know it. Thank you for this
 SO> contribution.

There's a catch though.  Only one window can have a blinking cursor,
which is the window that has focus.  Whenever the window with blinking
is not in focus, the WM_TIMER message is not sent.

For example, open a VIO window, and it has a blinking cursor.  Hit
Ctrl-Esc to bring up the Window List and the cursor (and the WM_TIMER)
message stop.

I checked this with PMSPY (from Devcon).

Phil - Fido:  1:124/8014.0 | Internet:  phil.crown{at}bluecafe.com

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