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C program to display mouse pointer in graphics mode

This program displays mouse pointer in graphics mode. First graphics mode is initialized and then mouse using initmouse.

C program

#include<graphics.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<dos.h>

int initmouse();
void showmouseptr();

union REGS i, o;

main()
{
   int status, gd = DETECT, gm;

   initgraph(&gd,&gm,"C:\\TC\\BGI");

   status = initmouse();

   if ( status == 0 )
      printf("Mouse support not available.\n");
   else
      showmouseptr();

   getch();
   return 0;
}

int initmouse()
{
   i.x.ax = 0;
   int86(0X33, &i, &o);
   return ( o.x.ax );
}

void showmouseptr()
{
   i.x.ax = 1;
   int86(0X33, &i, &o);
}