Changing color in old code- How to reverse video cursor and change siz

[drosenkranz]

I have a to change colors in some lousy code a sub contractor did for our company. It's written under VFP 6 but the coding looks like its from mfoxplus days. They didn't use a form, they just @say/@get and define menus pads the old fashioned way. (Etc.)

1) Any tips/info on reversing video for the cursor/ (and screens) would be greatly appreciated.

2) Can I make the cursor appear a character width instead of as a thin line?

Thanks. The early bird may get the occasional worm...
but the 2nd mouse always gets the cheese.

 

[rgbean]

If you can spend some money for fixing this "lousy" code, MicroEndeavours (

http://www.microendeavors.com/)

supplies a nice utility in their 2.x to VFP conversion package. It will create a real form (.scx/.sct) from a running screen (the @say/@gets). At least this way, you could then modify the workings in a normal VFP way.

I think you're stuck with the thin line (it's a Windows thing). To get a more visible indication of the field you're working on, you could add some code to change the back/forecolor in the gotfocus() and lostfocus() methods.

Rick