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The SetSystemCursor function replaces the contents of the system cursor specified by id with the contents of the cursor specified by hcur, and then destroys hcur. This function lets an application customize the system cursors.

BOOL SetSystemCursor (

HCURSOR hcur,	// set specified system cursor to this cursor’s contents, // then destroy this
DWORD id	// system cursor specified by its identifier
);

Parameters

hcur

Handle to a cursor. The function replaces the contents of the system cursor specified by id with the contents of the cursor handled by hcur. Then the function destroys hcur by calling DestroyCursor(hCursor).

id

A system cursor identifier. The function replaces the contents of this system cursor with the contents of the cursor handled by hcur.

Following is a list of system cursor identifiers:

Value	Description
OCR_NORMAL	normal arrow cursor
OCR_IBEAM	I-beam cursor
OCR_WAIT	larger hourglass cursor
OCR_CROSS	crosshair cursor
OCR_UP	up arrow cursor
OCR_SIZE	size cursor
OCR_ICON	icon cursor
OCR_SIZENWSE	NW to SE sizing cursor
OCR_SIZENESW	NE to SW sizing cursor
OCR_SIZEWE	horizontal sizing cursor
OCR_SIZENS	vertical sizing cursor
OCR_SIZEALL	horizontal and vertical sizing cursor
OCR_SIZENO	international no symbol cursor
OCR_APPSTARTING	smaller hourglass with arrow cursor

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

See Also

DestroyCursor, LoadCursor, LoadCursorFromFile, SetCursor

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