Using A Custom Mouse Icon? (I'm Sure This Is Right)
Hi,
I have created my own little mouse icon 32x32 and saved is with the *.ico format. I would like the icon to appear on a picture box call picMain so I set the picture's MousePointer property to 99 - Custom and I selected the icon that I created in the MouseIcon property. For some reason I'm still getting the default mouse icon when I move the mouse over the picture box. I've done this many times before but for some strange reason its not working anymore. Does anybody have any ideas?
Thanks
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Code:
Private Sub lblLink_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Dim MouseIcon As String
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I get the error:
File not Found: hand.cur
Any help?
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