Where to find a MouseIcon

[Bo Hansson]

I would like to use the MouseIcon that normally appears when you point at a
hyper link, i.e. a hand pointing upwards.

I have searced for all files with the extension .ico, bu have not found that
particular icon.


/BosseH

 

[Jay Freedman]

Cursor graphics aren't .ico files, but .cur files. Look for harrow.cur
in the Windows\Cursors folder.

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[Bo Hansson]

Thanks Jay

Alright, there I can find a hand pointing uwards - but it is NOT the one
used by common Windows-applications. Is that one copyrighted or.....?

/BosseH

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Bo,

Picky, picky!

That particular hand doesn't seem to exist as any kind of separate
image file. I don't think it's copyrighted specifically, it just isn't
available.

It seems to be built into the Cursors class of the .Net Framework (and
presumably something similar in the MFC/ATL library for the pre-.Net
environment). In VB.Net, if you want a hand cursor, you write the line

Me.Cursor = Cursors.Hand

in the appropriate place in your code, and it magically appears.
Unfortunately, it isn't one of the four cursor types available in VBA.

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[Bo Hansson]

OK Jay

I have to accept things as they are. Thanks again!

BosseH