setting a cursor hotspot (icon cursor)

I have a custom cursor that I have as a ico file as cur files are only mono coloured and 32x32.

The only problem in using a ico file is that I can't set where the hot spot is and at the moment it is set in the middle of the icon which is no help

I was looking on the msdn website and it said to set the hotspot like this

Code:

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Dim instance As Cursor
Dim value As Point

value = instance.HotSpot

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But I don't know how to set the point value to (0,54) which is where I want the hotspot to be located.

heres an example:

vb Code:

#Region "CreateIconIndirect"
 
    Private Structure IconInfo
        Public fIcon As Boolean
        Public xHotspot As Int32
        Public yHotspot As Int32
        Public hbmMask As IntPtr
        Public hbmColor As IntPtr
    End Structure
 
    <DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="CreateIconIndirect")> _
    Private Shared Function CreateIconIndirect(ByVal iconInfo As IntPtr) As IntPtr
    End Function
 
    <DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
    Public Shared Function DestroyIcon(ByVal handle As IntPtr) As Boolean
    End Function
 
    <DllImport("gdi32.dll")> _
    Public Shared Function DeleteObject(ByVal hObject As IntPtr) As Boolean
    End Function
 
    Public Function CreateCursor(ByVal bmp As Bitmap) As Cursor
 
        'Setup the Cursors IconInfo
        Dim tmp As New IconInfo
        tmp.xHotspot = 0
        tmp.yHotspot = 54
        tmp.fIcon = False
        tmp.hbmMask = bmp.GetHbitmap()
        tmp.hbmColor = bmp.GetHbitmap()
        
        'Create the Pointer for the Cursor Icon
        Dim pnt As IntPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(tmp))
        Marshal.StructureToPtr(tmp, pnt, True)
        Dim curPtr As IntPtr = CreateIconIndirect(pnt)
 
        'Clean Up
        DestroyIcon(pnt)
        DeleteObject(tmp.hbmMask)
        DeleteObject(tmp.hbmColor)
 
        Return New Cursor(curPtr)
    End Function
 
#End Region

I did see that code before for making a bmp into a cursor

but where about's do I put the file location for the bmp if i made one of the ico file

also im getting a error at the > of each dll import

the error - you need to import:

vb Code:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

to create a cursor from an icon, add the code above to your form, then to call it:

vb Code:

me.cursor = CreateCursor(yourIcon.tobitmap)

sorry do you mean like this

Code:

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me.cursor = CreateCursor(F:\Cursors\curShark.ico.tobitmap)

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vb Code:

dim newIcon as new icon("F:\Cursors\curShark.ico")
me.cursor = CreateCursor(newIcon.tobitmap)

thank you so much would have killed me to not be able to use this icon