MouseIcon, MousePointer Properties Example

The following example demonstrates how to specify a mouse pointer that is appropriate for a specific control or situation. You can assign one of several available mouse pointers using the MousePointer property; or, you can assign a custom icon using the MousePointer and MouseIcon properties.

This example works in the following ways:

Choose a mouse pointer from the ListBox to change the mouse pointer associated with the first CommandButton.
Click the first CommandButton to associate its mouse pointer with the second CommandButton.
Click the second CommandButton to load a custom icon for its mouse pointer.

To use this example, copy this sample code to the Declarations portion of a form. Make sure that the form contains:

Two CommandButton controls named CommandButton1 and CommandButton2.
A ListBox named ListBox1.

Note
This example uses two icon files (identified by the .ico file extention in Windows) that are loaded using the LoadPicture function. You should edit each LoadPicture function call to specify an icon file that resides on your system.

Private Sub ListBox1_Click() If IsNull(ListBox1.Value) = False Then CommandButton1.MousePointer = ListBox1.Value If CommandButton1.MousePointer = _ fmMousePointerCustom Then CommandButton1.MouseIcon = _ LoadPicture("c:\msvc20\cdk32\" _ & "samples\circ1\bix.ico") End If End If End Sub Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() CommandButton2.MousePointer = CommandButton1.MousePointer If CommandButton2.MousePointer = fmMousePointerCustom Then CommandButton2.MouseIcon = CommandButton1.MouseIcon End If End Sub Private Sub CommandButton2_Click() CommandButton2.MousePointer = fmMousePointerCustom CommandButton2.MouseIcon = LoadPicture("c:\msvc20\cdk32\samples\push\push.ico") End Sub Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() 'Load ListBox with MousePointer choices ListBox1.ColumnCount = 2 ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerDefault" ListBox1.List(0, 1) = fmMousePointerDefault ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerArrow" ListBox1.List(1, 1) = fmMousePointerArrow ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerCross" ListBox1.List(2, 1) = fmMousePointerCross ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerIBeam" ListBox1.List(3, 1) = fmMousePointerIBeam ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerSizeNESW" ListBox1.List(4, 1) = fmMousePointerSizeNESW ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerSizeNS" ListBox1.List(5, 1) = fmMousePointerSizeNS ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerSizeNWSE" ListBox1.List(6, 1) = fmMousePointerSizeNWSE ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerSizeWE" ListBox1.List(7, 1) = fmMousePointerSizeWE ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerUpArrow" ListBox1.List(8, 1) = fmMousePointerUpArrow ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerHourglass" ListBox1.List(9, 1) = fmMousePointerHourGlass ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerNoDrop" ListBox1.List(10, 1) = fmMousePointerNoDrop ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerAppStarting" ListBox1.List(11, 1) = fmMousePointerAppStarting ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerHelp" ListBox1.List(12, 1) = fmMousePointerHelp ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerSizeAll" ListBox1.List(13, 1) = fmMousePointerSizeAll ListBox1.AddItem "fmMousePointerCustom" ListBox1.List(14, 1) = fmMousePointerCustom ListBox1.BoundColumn = 2 ListBox1.Value = fmMousePointerDefault MsgBox "ListBox1.Value =" & ListBox1.Value & "." CommandButton1.MousePointer = ListBox1.Value End Sub