How to change mouse pointer in C#?

Question

Hi,

How to change mouse pointer scheme in C#?

(Mouse Pointer scheme can be found in ControlPanel->Mouse->Pointers tab->Scheme)

Is there any api Available?

Please give some samples?

ALso is there any way to get available Schemes in the ComboBOx List?

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Regards, Anandakumar.R

Answer 1

comboBox1.Cursor=Cursors.Hand;

or =Cursors.Arrow;

...

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family as water

Answer 2

Here a sample, I have the cursor as a bitmap in resource.

        private Cursor HandClosed;

In Contstructor of my form:
            // Create custom cursors
            Bitmap test = Properties.Resources.HandClose;
            test.MakeTransparent(Color.Fuchsia);
            HandClosed = new Cursor(test.GetHicon());

And I use it on a panel, this line is in a mouse move event, because I change the cursor depending on its postion:

panel4.Cursor = HandClosed;

Hopefully this helps.

Answer 3

Hi,
Sorry guys..Thanks for you reply.
I dont mean to change cursor in my application or particular panel
I want to change cursor in entire OS itself. Like what  do u do in Controlpanel.
My all other cursor like busy etc should change accordingly.

Thats y i am expecting some APIs?
Thanks..

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Regards, Anandakumar.R

Answer 4

Okay, you have to change them in registry: HKEY_current_user\Control panel\Cursors\

and then you should inform the system of it see for a VB example at:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vbgeneral/thread/a0b5d97f-a9dd-448f-9a6a-fc2836f4f7df

Searching little further: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947%28VS.85%29.aspx

At the bottom is the C# definition for the function.

[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SystemParametersInfo")]

public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo(uint uiAction, uint uiParam, uint pvParam, uint fWinIni);

Answer 5

Hi, it's an old thread but i need it. I'm trying to change my cursor in Window through a WPF application. It seem i have to change the registry to have it work out of the application. So i try this code but i don't see what parameter put for int pvParam.

On this thread it seem it's 'null' (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/977e2f40-3222-4e13-90ea-4e8d0cdf289c/) but Visual studio told ma that he can't convert <null> to uint. So i'm lost and i don't know what to do.