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From: wolf@netcom.COM (Phil Escobar)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Color Cursors, how?
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Date: 27 Feb 91 07:14:00 GMT
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timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler) writes:


>Is it possible to get a cursor which is in color?  I'd like something
>a little more interesting than a black/white arrow.  I have SDK Paint,
>but I can't seem to get it to recognize more than two colors (i.e.
>forground and background).

The only way I can see to do this is to replace the pointer device driver
inside windows (the part of the code that actually manages the cursor).
The standard driver only handles two bitplanes for the cursor, giving four
colors:  transparent, inverse transparent, color 1 (black), and color 2
(white).  Anyone want to write the magic code? (sorry, I'm allergic to
Windows internal code)

 - Phil @ Buckskin Technologies