Simpel cursor question

[Nijoo]

Hi! can anyone help me?
I want to make my cursor-image to a hand, or something... i can get the pic, but I need some help with the programming!
Plz make it as simpel as it can be, im quite new to this! Im using vb.net

Thanx alot!

[Atheist]

This will set the cursor to be a hand:

Cursor.Current = Cursors.Hand

[Nijoo]

yea... but I wanna draw the hand my self! In other words... make a pic as cursor... can u or somebody else help me?

[Hack]

So, are you asking how to draw the hand, or how to use the image of a hand you have already drawn?

[Nijoo]

I have drawn a hand allredy! I need it to be a the cursor in my game!
U know a drag and drop game!
Can u help me with the programming plz? =D
thanx

[Kasracer]

Cursor.Current = New Cursor(Me.Icon.Handle)

Just give it the Handle of an existing icon (this would use the icon on a form).

http://www.mredkj.com/vbnet/CustomDragIcon.html

[Atheist]

Well in that case, try this:

Cursor.Current = New System.Windows.Forms.Cursor("location of cursor file")

[RobDog888]

Draw your cursor and pass the graphics object to this method.

Me.Cursor.Draw(g, rectangle)

[Hack]

Try

Cursor.Current = New Cursor("your_picture.cur")

[Nijoo]

Im going to test this soon... I just need a minute before I can do it!
but thanx so far!

[RobDog888]

Which do you have? A file of it, resource file of it, or drawing it in memory?

[Nijoo]

I have drawn it in photoshop so I guess I have a file of it! i think

[RobDog888]

Yes. You can use post #6 or #7's code to do it then. If you add it as a resource file it would be better then an external file on your file system.

[Atheist]

I dont think a normal picture file does it, it needs to be a valid icon or cursor file.

[RobDog888]

Yes, but if you add it to a ImageList you can get a handle to it for use with code like #6.

[RobDog888]

I think something like this will work for pulling an image from an imagelist for use as an cursor.

Cursor.Current = New Cursor(System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(CType(Me.ImageList1.Images(1), System.Drawing.Bitmap).GetHicon()))

[Nijoo]

It dont want to be in colour! WHY?

[Atheist]

What format is the file?
What method are you using? RobDogs?

[Kasracer]

It may be best to convert it into an ICO file before using it in your application. There could be an issue with the nasty casting RobDog is doing

[Atheist]

I suspect that if he's using the ImageList way, he needs to set the ColorDepth property to something appropriate.

[RobDog888]

Its not nasty

If the imagelist is not setup for the proper color depth then it will loose color.