How to show custom cursor from Resources.resx

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Hi friends,
I created a project in Visual Studio 2008. Then I put a file called "arrow.cur" into "Resources.resx". I want to use arrow.cur in

C#

Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

method. How can I show this cursor?
I tried to write code like this, but it didn't work:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    byte[] cur = global::Demo.Properties.Resources.arrow;
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    stream.Write(cur, 0, cur.Length);
    Cursor cursor = new Cursor(stream);
    this.Cursor = cursor;
}

If you know the solution, please help me.
Thanks!

Posted 14-Nov-10 17:47pm

coolszy

Updated 15-Nov-10 9:20am

Toli Cuturicu

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Solution 1

Hi,

see this link from MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa334950%28VS.71%29.aspx[^]

Posted 14-Nov-10 18:08pm

JF2015

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Toli Cuturicu · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-15T09:29:00

Solution 3

This code worked for me:

C#

private static Cursor ReadFromResource(byte[] res)
{
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(res);
    Cursor result = new Cursor(stream);
    stream.Close(); // important
}

And then,

this.Cursor = ReadFromResource(Test.Properties.Resources.Arrow);

Posted 15-Nov-10 9:29am

Toli Cuturicu