Losey

I tried assigning HNWSE.CUR to the mouseicon property of my control and assigned the mousepointer to 99. However, when I pass over the usercontrol during run time, the cursor does not change. I can change the dragicon of the same user control, but I want the cursor to change when passing over to show that the control CAN be dragged.

anomaly

tried it with a command button and it seemed to work fine.

highlight the command button and go select a custom icon (i used bullseye)

when i first tried, i selected a custom icon on the form instead of the button and it didnt do jack. so maybe your issue is similar in nature?

'example needs a command button

Private Sub Command1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Command1.MousePointer = 99
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Me.MousePointer = 1
End Sub

if its your own custom control, which i cant remember how to make, that is probably a different issue all together.

maybe more details would be in order then.

later =)

Losey

It is a very simple user control that I originated. It has no code, just a graphic picture and mask picture with transparent background. When editing the user control I set the mouseicon and mousepointer properties. It is intended fro dragging around in a picture box which is why I need a custom icon when the user points the mouse to it. Drawn on the form, it does not have a mouseover event. Perhaps I need code for it to recognize mouseover?

Losey

The solution - I don't understand why, is to execute Screen.MousePointer = 0 AFTER the form load event has been processed. All the user control mouseicons work fine after that.