Private Declare Function CreateCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal hInstance As Long, ByVal nXhotspot As Long, ByVal nYhotspot As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, lpANDbitPlane As Any, lpXORbitPlane As Any) As Long

Private Declare Function DestroyCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal hCursor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal hCursor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Private Sub Form_Load()
' Create a 32x32 color cursor shaped somewhat like a yin-yang symbol.
' (The bit masks come from Microsoft's documentation on the API cursors function, just to
' give them their due credit.) Note how the masks are loaded into the arrays. The new
' cursor is then set to be the cursor for 10 seconds.
Dim hnewcursor As Long ' newly created cursor
Dim holdcursor As Long ' receives handle of default cursor
Dim andbuffer As String, xorbuffer As String ' buffers for masks
Dim andbits(0 To 127) As Byte ' stores the AND mask
Dim xorbits(0 To 127) As Byte ' stores the XOR mask

Dim c As Integer, retval As Long ' counter and return value

' Unfortunately, VB does not provide a nice way to load lots of information into an array.
' To load the AND and XOR masks, we put the raw hex values into the string buffers
' and use a loop to convert the hex values into numeric values and load them into
' the elements of the array. Yes, it's ugly, but there's no better way. Note the
' use of the line-continuation character here. Each sequence of eight hex
' characters represents one line in the 32x32 cursor.

andbuffer = "FFFC3FFF" & "FFC01FFF" & "FF003FFF" & "FE00FFFF" & _
"F701FFFF" & "F003FFFF" & "F003FFFF" & "E007FFFF" & _
"C007FFFF" & "C00FFFFF" & "800FFFFF" & "800FFFFF" & _
"8007FFFF" & "8007FFFF" & "0003FFFF" & "0000FFFF" & _
"00007FFF" & "00001FFF" & "00000FFF" & "80000FFF" & _
"800007FF" & "800007FF" & "C00007FF" & "C0000FFF" & _
"E0000FFF" & "F0001FFF" & "F0001FFF" & "F8003FFF" & _
"FE007FFF" & "FF00FFFF" & "FFC3FFFF" & "FFFFFFFF"

xorbuffer = "00000000" & "0003C000" & "003F0000" & "00FE0000" & _
"0EFC0000" & "07F80000" & "07F80000" & "0FF00000" & _
"1FF00000" & "1FE00000" & "3FE00000" & "3FE00000" & _
"3FF00000" & "7FF00000" & "7FF80000" & "7FFC0000" & _
"7FFF0000" & "7FFF8000" & "7FFFE000" & "3FFFE000" & _
"3FC7F000" & "3F83F000" & "1F83F000" & "1F83E000" & _
"0FC7E000" & "07FFC000" & "07FFC000" & "01FF8000" & _
"00FF0000" & "003C0000" & "00000000" & "00000000"

' Now load these hex values into the proper arrays.

For c = 0 To 127
andbits(c) = Val("&H" & Mid(andbuffer, 2 * c + 1, 2))
xorbits(c) = Val("&H" & Mid(xorbuffer, 2 * c + 1, 2))
Next c

' Finally, create this cursor! The hotspot is at (19,2) on the cursor.

hnewcursor = CreateCursor(App.hInstance, 19, 2, 32, 32, andbits(0), xorbits(0))
' Set the new cursor as the current cursor for 10 seconds and then switch back.
holdcursor = SetCursor(hnewcursor) ' change cursor
Sleep 10000 'Wait 10 seconds
retval = SetCursor(holdcursor) ' change cursor back
' Destroy the new cursor.
retval = DestroyCursor(hnewcursor)
End Sub