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Hide caret (text cursor) "inside" TMemo component

By Zarko Gajic, About.com

Here's a sample code showing how to hide the caret in Memo1 (TMemo) component on Form1 (TForm).

Go to Code Window, select all, and replace with the code below...

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unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics,
  Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls, ComCtrls, ExtCtrls;

  const
    WM_MYMEMO_ENTER = WM_USER + 500;

  type
    TForm1 = class(TForm)
      Memo1: TMemo;
      procedure Memo1Enter(Sender: TObject) ;
      procedure Memo1Exit(Sender: TObject) ;
      procedure Memo1Change(Sender: TObject) ;
    private
    public
      procedure WMMYMEMOENTER(var Message: TMessage) ;
                message WM_MYMEMO_ENTER;
    end;

var Form1: TForm1;

implementation
{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.WMMYMEMOENTER(var Message: TMessage) ;
begin
   CreateCaret(Memo1.Handle,0,0,0) ;
end;

procedure TForm1.Memo1Enter(Sender: TObject) ;
begin
   PostMessage(Handle, WM_MYMEMO_ENTER, 0, 0) ;
end;

procedure TForm1.Memo1Exit(Sender: TObject) ;
begin
   CreateCaret(Memo1.handle,1,1,1) ;
end;

procedure TForm1.MemoChange(Sender: TObject) ;
begin
   CreateCaret(Memo1.handle,0,0,0) ;
end;
end.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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