excellent - thanks so much Yousfi - tremendous help.

karen



>1*first as Naomi pointed, any vfp object have the mousepointer property.(at MouseEnter event) the cursor pointer change from native to what you coded (object.mousepointer=0-16 see in foxhelp MousePointer Property)
>but this is particular to vfp.objects only.the window command is controled by the windows system explained as below.
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>the cursor are located in
>*C:\Windows\Cursors\
>*for vfp in home(1)+"GRAPHICS\CURSORS\" for cursors
>note the cursor can also be animated (extension .ani)
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>2*you can also use for vfp objects an icon (icon file on disc) as mousepointer but specify mandatory "mousepointer=99" this is for vfp object (form and childs).
>*icons for vfp are located in home(1)+"GRAPHICS\ICONS\"
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>3*you can set the mouse pointers in windows configuration panel but this is scope to all windows (including visual foxpro command window).
>you can set many configurations of mouse in dialog and save.can switch between the saved configuration of mouse.
>to return to default mode in each cursor simply click "defaut" cursor.
>see the 2 photos attached.
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>for ex. the visual foxpro cursor for command window (text) is Ibeam.if you change in
>home(1)+"GRAPHICS\CURSORS\NE_01.CUR" you have this cursor as pointer in command window.
>but this is also available to notepad and any text editor
>
>All these config panel can be done with APIs . if you want the code simply ask !
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>*update:
>you can play with the superb Calvin Hsias code pointed below to see the cursor pointers use on vfp controls.but you must tweak the code to make it working (comas " to replace,inter lines to cut):
>Playing around with custom mouse cursors
>https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/calvin_hsia/2006/07/28/playing-around-with-custom-mouse-cursors/
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>note that you can adjust in control panel fontsize (all windows) relative to your eyes...but also in vfp (format/police).