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Q201588: BUG: Custom Mouse Pointer Changes Back to Default

Article: Q201588
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When a custom mouse pointer is placed over a control's borders on a Visual Basic
form, the pointer may change back to the default.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following example uses a TextBox control, but this problem occurs with other
controls as well. This example also uses a cursor file from the default install
location for the Graphics option. These can be found in the
\Common\Graphics\Cursors folder on the Visual Basic 6.0 CD. Make sure that the
path is correct for a cursor file that is available to your system.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. In Visual Basic 6.0, create a new Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. Place a TextBox control on Form1.

3. Double-click the form to open the code window for Form1.

4. Place the following code in the Form_Load event of Form1.

  Me.MousePointer = vbCustom
  Set Me.MouseIcon = LoadPicture("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Graphics\Cursors\NS_04.CUR")

5. Run the program.

6. Move the mouse to hover over the border of the TextBox. The custom cursor
  changes back to the default.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp600bug kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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