getting rid of the caret in an edit control

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as the title says, i'm simply trying to make it to where there is no blinking cursor at all with an edit or richedit control so that, coupled with ES_READONLY, all it does is act as a printout that can select text, like the text you would see on a webpage. uneditable but selectable. I found the HideCaret() function in the msdn, and it returns successful, but the caret is still there. any assistance here?

Posted 5-Sep-11 9:39am

FatalCatharsis

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-05T09:46:00

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Just one note: If you want to hide a caret from a edit control, it looks to me you're going to abuse this control. It is designed to edit texts, which should be done with caret. If you need static non-editable text, use static text or label controls.

—SA

Posted 5-Sep-11 9:46am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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FatalCatharsis 5-Sep-11 15:49pm

wow, i've spent so much time trying to manipulate edit controls to do what i wanted, I turn around, and theres a control i missed that does exactly what i wanted it to. sigh* once again, thanks Kryukov for putting up with my ignorance once more.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Sep-11 20:36pm

You're very welcome; I'm glad it worked out for you.
Good luck, call again.
--SA

Wendelius 5-Sep-11 17:05pm

Good thinking. 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Sep-11 20:35pm

Thank you, Mika.
--SA