Re: DEFAULT (Mouse) Cursor Style isn't

I too had the same problem, when I raised it with Oracle support they agreed it was a problem but that's the way it works.

The ability to change the cursor over a text item has already been raised as an enhancement request.

My only suggestion (not tried) would be to use a user exit or windows call to change the cursor outside of Forms.

Tim

In article <60u2f8$6ld_at_freenet-news.carleton.ca>, Duncan MacGregor <aa735_at_FreeNet.Carleton.CA> writes
>
>Greetings.
>
>In Oracle Forms 4.5 (part of Developer/2000), I used a WHEN-MOUSE-ENTER
>trigger to call 'Set_Application_Property' and change the mouse cursor to the
>DEFAULT style. Unfortunately, it doesn't work as advertised, at least not for
>Text Items.
>
>To be precise, the call:
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>Set_Application_Property(CURSOR_STYLE, 'DEFAULT');
>
>yields the same effect as the call:
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>Set_Application_Property(CURSOR_STYLE, 'INSERTION');
>
>which is not what we want.
>
>Any ideas on how to get an arrow cursor -- as the Help indicates we should be
>able to get? I have tried:
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>Set_Application_Property(CURSOR_STYLE, 'ARROW');
>
>which caused a (predictable) run-time error.
>
>Just a puzzled Canadian ...
>--
>Duncan MacGregor | aa735_at_freenet.carleton.ca | #include <disclaimer.h>
>Also at: "http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa735/" | To err is human ...
 

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Regards

Tim Cromarty