Hi Vlad,
Thanks for the information.
Bill


>SetSystemCursor is declared like that:
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>BOOL SetSystemCursor ( HCURSOR hcur, DWORD id)
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>and replaces the standard cursor identified by the id with your cursor identified by hcur.
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>That means that if you want to replace the hourglass cursor with your "wait" cursor, you should:
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>SetSystemCursor( HandleToMyCursor, OCR_WAIT)
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>So, you already know which is the standard cursor, because it is you the one who replaced it. In the previous example, it's OCR_WAIT.
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>HTH,
>Vlad
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>>Hi Bruce,
>> I'm fiddling with the SetSystemCursor function and as always I have to mess things up a few times before getting them right :-). Is there a simple way to restore a cursor to its default startup state?
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill