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Re: How does one change the arrow cursor permanently?

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From: Paul Bonneau
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 22:51
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In article <1991Apr17.160822.8084@agate.berkeley.edu> magid@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid) writes:
>
>	I have been able to change the cursor for a split second but
>then it changes back to normal.  How does one make the change permanent I am 
>sick of the arrow cursor?
>
The problem is that you need to change the cursor EVERY time
you get a WM_SETCURSOR message!

Or, alternativley, if you capture the mouse, just change the
cursor once until you release it (SetCapture() and
ReleaseCapture()).

cheers - Paul Bonneau.
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From: bonneau@hyper.hyper.com (Paul Bonneau)
Subject: Re: How does one change the arrow cursor permanently?
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.225126.2131@hyper.hyper.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 22:51:26 GMT