13 Cursor API Function

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SetSystemCursor

SetSystemCursor changes one of the cursors that Windows provides. For example, this function can change the cursor used to represent the default arrow cursor. Be careful using this function, since this redefines the default cursors instead of simply setting the current look of the cursor. The functi...
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SetCursorPos

SetCursorPos sets the position of the mouse cursor. If you try to set the coordinates outside of the range of the display (for example, to (700,40) on a 640x480 display) or outside the confining rectangle (set by ClipCursor), the cursor will just go to the edge of the screen or the rectangle. The fu...
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LoadCursorFromFile

LoadCursorFromFile loads a cursor from a cursor file. The cursor file can contain either a regular cursor (*.cur) or an animated cursor (*.ani). If successful, the function returns a cursor handle to the newly loaded cursor. If unsuccessful, the function returns 0. ...
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GetClipCursor

GetClipCursor finds the current confinement rectangle of the mouse cursor. The mouse cursor is confined by using ClipCursor. The cursor is confined inside this rectangle -- even SetCursorPos cannot free it. If there is no apparent confinement rectangle, it is actually the size of the screen. The co...
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DestroyCursor

DestroyCursor destroys a cursor and deletes its handle. The cursor must have been created using the CreateCursor functions. Do not use this function with a cursor handle obtained in any other manner! The function returns 1 if successful, or 0 if an error occured. ...
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GetCursorPos

GetCursorPos reads the current position of the mouse cursor. The x and y coordinates of the cursor (relative to the screen) are put into the variable passed as lpPoint. The function returns 0 if an error occured or 1 if it is successful. ...
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GetCursor

GetCursor finds the handle to the mouse cursor currently in use. This is the cursor that is being used to represent the mouse pointer on the screen. The function returns a handle to the cursor picture if successful, or returns 0 if an error occurs. ...
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SetFilePointer

SetFilePointer moves the position of the file pointer of a currently open file. The file pointer identifies the position in a synchronous (non-overlapped) file where reading from and writing to the file begins. The file must have been opened with at least either read-level or write-level access (or ...
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SetCursor

SetCursor sets the image used to represent the mouse cursor. The new cursor can be any valid cursor that has either been created or loaded. If successful, the function returns a handle to the old cursor image. If unsuccessful, the function returns 0. ...
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ShowCursor

ShowCursor either shows or hides the mouse cursor. This is not done directly, but rather by incrementing or decrementing a counter. Each function call raises or lowers the counter by 1. If the counter is negative, the cursor is invisible. It if it non-negative, the cursor is visible. The function re...
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LoadCursor

LoadCursor loads a cursor from either a currently running program's cursor resources or Windows's cursor resources. The cursor can be referenced either by its resource name or by its numeric resource ID number. If successful, the function returns a handle to the loaded cursor. If unsuccessful, the f...
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CreateCursor

The CreateCursor function creates a cursor having the specified size, bit patterns, and hot spot. ...
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ClipCursor

ClipCursor confines the mouse cursor to a rectangular area of the screen. If the user tries to move the cursor outside of this bounding region or a call to SetCursorPos tells it to go outside the box, the cursor will immediately returned to the area. There is no way to get it out. This bounding effe...
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