Custom cursor

[zarocmaster]

Hey guys, just a quick one

when i open the main form and make a custom cursor it comes out black and white…

does anybody know why it does this and how to fix it. XD thx in advance

[Joyce]

I believe it's because back then custom cursors weren't really supported properly yet, or you're using the wrong format for one. (Try googling VB6 Custom Cursors).

[zarocmaster]

Ok soI had a look online a bit more and found out that VB6 doesn't support coloured cursors. It will automatically change it to black and white.

I have an idea you might be able to clarify…

When I used to use GameMaker7 and I wanted a custom cursor I would turn of the mouse visibility and code the following.

{

\\sprMouse is the sprite\\

sprMouse.x = mouse_x;

sprMouse.y = mouse_y;

}

is ther something like this I could do, maybe?

[Joyce]

Depends, you *could* hide the mouse and put a picturebox or render an image at your cursor's location I suppose.

[zarocmaster]

what sort of event should I use so it keeps refreshing the code, or maybe a Do Loop?

[Joyce]

I would personally look into using the Mouseover functionalities to keep it simple, OR switch the entire client to be rendered by DD7/D3D8 and just render the cursor on-screen completely.

[zarocmaster]

thx

edit:

Just like to say that i worked it out. It will turn a .cur file to black and whit but if you use a .ico file than it will keep the colour. (but, the .ico cant be 32-bit with alpha) just 32-bit or below…