>See my 2 FAQs on mouse pointers in the KB here on UT (Win32 API category).
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>Vlad
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>>How can I control the MOUSEOVER cursor shape with controls in a Grid.

If I understand your FAQ correctly then I could globably change the cursor shown by windows
anytime it expected to display a particular cursor id. Ok this would work, but I'd have to swapping in and out the cursor every time I enter the grid. I may want the "i-beam" at other times in text fields.

It appears to me this is a bug in the way the cursor property is being handled when a text control is used in a grid v. used in any other container object. The grid very clearly respects the type of control and changes the MOUSEOVER cursor between objects like a checkbox and the infamous text box. Is it documented somewhere that controls lose the functionality of the mouse properties when used in a grid container but not in other nested containers.

I realize if this is a bug MS will probably never care, but I don't want to code around something for no good reason.

Thanks for your reponse and pointers to your articles, I'll gladly reuse your code as a workaround if needed.