CURSOR property (System)
Description
Specifies the default cursor image to be used for the application.
Property Value
This property can be one of the following formats:
• A path and file name of a cursor (.CUR) file.
• A path and file name to a resource file (such as a DLL) containing the cursor image, along with its resource ID. The resource ID is separated from the file name by a “#” character.
e.g.
.\res\MyAppRes.Dll#192
.\res\MyAppRes.Dll#MYCURSOR
Note that if the cursor image is stored in a custom resource section (rather than the usual CURSOR section) the custom section name may specified by inserting it before the resource name like so:
.\res\MyAppRes.Dll#SOMESECTION#192
.\res\MyAppRes.Dll#SOMESECTION#MYCURSOR
• A symbol that specifies one of the standard Windows cursors. These are:
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Arrow |
| H | Wait |
| I | I-Beam (for text entry) |
| C | Cross |
| V | Vertical (Up) Arrow |
| & | Hand |
| S | App Starting |
| ? | Help |
| N | No |
| + | Size All |
| \ | Size NWSE |
| / | Size NESW |
| - | Size WE |
| | | Size NS |
| D | DragMove |
| DC | DragCopy |
Property Traits
| Development | Runtime | Indexed | Scaled | Synthetic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Get/Set | No | No | No |
Remarks
This property used in response to the windows WM_SETCURSOR message to set the cursor shape when the cursor is over an application control or window. It can be overridden by setting the CURSOR property of an individual control or window.
See Also
Common GUI CURSOR property, SYSTEM CURSOR method