Creating a Cursor
The following example creates two cursor handles: one for the standard
hourglass cursor and one for a custom cursor included as a resource in the
application's resource-definition file.
HINSTANCE hinst; // handle of current instance
HCURSOR hCurs1, hCurs2; // cursor handles
// Create a standard hourglass cursor.
hCurs1 = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_WAIT);
// Create a custom cursor based on a resource.
hCurs2 = LoadCursor(hinst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(240));
You should implement custom cursors as resources. Rather than create the
cursors at run time, use the
LoadCursor,
LoadCursorFromFile, or
LoadImage function to avoid device dependence, to simplify localization, and to enable
applications to share cursor designs.
The following example uses the
CreateCursor function to create a custom cursor at run time. The example is included here
to illustrate how the system interprets cursor bitmasks.
HINSTANCE hinst; // handle of current instance
HCURSOR hCurs1, hCurs2; // cursor handles
HCURSOR hCurs3; // cursor handle
// Yin cursor AND bitmask
BYTE ANDmaskCursor[] =
{
0xFF, 0xFC, 0x3F, 0xFF, // line 1
0xFF, 0xC0, 0x1F, 0xFF, // line 2
0xFF, 0x00, 0x3F, 0xFF, // line 3
0xFE, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 4
0xF7, 0x01, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 5
0xF0, 0x03, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 6
0xF0, 0x03, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 7
0xE0, 0x07, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 8
0xC0, 0x07, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 9
0xC0, 0x0F, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 10
0x80, 0x0F, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 11
0x80, 0x0F, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 12
0x80, 0x07, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 13
0x00, 0x07, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 14
0x00, 0x03, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 15
0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 16
0x00, 0x00, 0x7F, 0xFF, // line 17
0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0xFF, // line 18
0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0xFF, // line 19
0x80, 0x00, 0x0F, 0xFF, // line 20
0x80, 0x00, 0x07, 0xFF, // line 21
0x80, 0x00, 0x07, 0xFF, // line 22
0xC0, 0x00, 0x07, 0xFF, // line 23
0xC0, 0x00, 0x0F, 0xFF, // line 24
0xE0, 0x00, 0x0F, 0xFF, // line 25
0xF0, 0x00, 0x1F, 0xFF, // line 26
0xF0, 0x00, 0x1F, 0xFF, // line 27
0xF8, 0x00, 0x3F, 0xFF, // line 28
0xFE, 0x00, 0x7F, 0xFF, // line 29
0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 30
0xFF, 0xC3, 0xFF, 0xFF, // line 31
0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF // line 32
};
// Yin cursor XOR bitmask
BYTE XORmaskCursor[] =
{
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // line 1
0x00, 0x03, 0xC0, 0x00, // line 2
0x00, 0x3F, 0x00, 0x00, // line 3
0x00, 0xFE, 0x00, 0x00, // line 4
0x0E, 0xFC, 0x00, 0x00, // line 5
0x07, 0xF8, 0x00, 0x00, // line 6
0x07, 0xF8, 0x00, 0x00, // line 7
0x0F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 8
0x1F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 9
0x1F, 0xE0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 10
0x3F, 0xE0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 11
0x3F, 0xE0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 12
0x3F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 13
0x7F, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, // line 14
0x7F, 0xF8, 0x00, 0x00, // line 15
0x7F, 0xFC, 0x00, 0x00, // line 16
0x7F, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, // line 17
0x7F, 0xFF, 0x80, 0x00, // line 18
0x7F, 0xFF, 0xE0, 0x00, // line 19
0x3F, 0xFF, 0xE0, 0x00, // line 20
0x3F, 0xC7, 0xF0, 0x00, // line 21
0x3F, 0x83, 0xF0, 0x00, // line 22
0x1F, 0x83, 0xF0, 0x00, // line 23
0x1F, 0x83, 0xE0, 0x00, // line 24
0x0F, 0xC7, 0xE0, 0x00, // line 25
0x07, 0xFF, 0xC0, 0x00, // line 26
0x07, 0xFF, 0xC0, 0x00, // line 27
0x01, 0xFF, 0x80, 0x00, // line 28
0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, // line 29
0x00, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x00, // line 30
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // line 31
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 // line 32
};
// Create a custom cursor at run time.
hCurs3 = CreateCursor( hinst, // app instance
19, // horizontal position of hot spot
2, // vertical position of hot spot
32, // cursor width
32, // cursor height
ANDmaskCursor, // AND bitmask
XORmaskCursor ); // XOR bitmask
To create the cursor,
CreateCursor applies the following truth table to the AND and XOR bitmasks.
AND bitmask
| XOR bitmask
| Display
|
0
| 0
| Black
|
0
| -
| White
|
-
| 0
| Screen
|
-
| -
| Reverse screen
|
For more information, see
Bitmaps.
Before closing, you must use the
DestroyCursor function to destroy any cursors you created with
CreateCursor. It is not necessary to destroy cursors created by other functions.
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