Q38124: Turning Off Cursor in Text Mode

Article: Q38124
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_c | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 17-NOV-1988

Question:

How do I turn off the cursor in text mode? I can do it in graphics
mode but that doesn't work in text mode.

Response:

There is no function in the run-time library to do that; however, you
can do it with a bios function call.

Use INT 10 FUNCTION 1. Set the CH register to 20h and call the
interrupt to turn off the cursor. The following is a sample program:

 #include <dos.h>

 void main(void)
 {
     union REGS regs;

     regs.h.ah = 1;
     regs.h.ch = 20;
     int86 ( 0x10, &regs, &regs );

 }