Screen.MouseIcon = Picture1.picture; Doesn't assign . Any Clues ?

[maudie]

Form with PictureBox Control with small .BMP assigned to Picture1.Picture

screen.mousepointer = 99
screen.mouseicon = Picture1.Picture





Causes a wrong property assignment error
although the VB Help states this syntax.
It only works if Picture1.picture is an .ico file and not a .BMP.


Am I missing something ?

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[Ravi Kiran]

Cursor and Icon file formats are different from BMP files. AFAIK, you have to have set of (2) masked images to make a mouse cursor file!.

So, may be BMPs are not supported for MouseIcons.
Using propertied window if you select Mouseicon it comesup with a dialog showing *.cur and *.ico!!
MSDN says Color cursors and animated cursors also are not supported ( VB 5.0, atlease!)

[maudie]

Thanks Ravi


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