i want my program able to change cursor at runtime.
give a hand pleasee....
thanks all...

try this followong code :

'This example requires two command buttons
Private Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CopyIcon Lib "user32" (ByVal hIcon As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function LoadCursorFromFile Lib "user32" Alias "LoadCursorFromFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SetCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal hCursor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetSystemCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal hcur As Long, ByVal id As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetCursor Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Const OCR_NORMAL As Long = 32512
Private currenthcurs As Long
Private tempcurs As Long
Private newhcurs As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim myDir As String
    Dim lDir As Long
    myDir = Space(255)
    currenthcurs = GetCursor()
    tempcurs = CopyIcon(currenthcurs)
    lDir = GetWindowsDirectory(myDir, 255)
    myDir = Left$(myDir, lDir) & "\cursors\banana.ani"
    newhcurs = LoadCursorFromFile(myDir)
    Call SetSystemCursor(newhcurs, OCR_NORMAL)
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
    Call SetSystemCursor(tempcurs, OCR_NORMAL)
End Sub

Hope this helps...

commented: thx man +1
commented: worked :) +1
commented: :P +1

Hi,

Write this in FormLoad event:

Me.MousePointer = 99
Me.MouseIcon = LoadPicture("C:\windows\cursors\3dgno.cur")

Change the path accordingly

Regards
Veena

commented: great +1

bravo...
thank you very much all...

you're welcome friend :)

commented: great code man +1

hei..this thread help me too.
thank you all :)

glad to share our knowledge with u :)
Happy coding

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