Prevent Blinking Cursor in Textbox

Question

In a textbox, how can u prevent the display of the blinking cursor when you click on it?

I did read in some forums that there is call to a particular api but when i

Answer 1

Hi, Try this code

public class CustomTextBox:System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
{
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32")]
    private static extern bool HideCaret(IntPtr hWnd);

    public CustomTextBox()
    {
        TabStop = false;

        MouseDown += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(CustomTextBox_MouseDown);
    }

    void CustomTextBox_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        HideCaret(this.Handle);
    }
}