Overriding web browser cursor in an MFC App

holbrook · #1 24-Oct-2005, 03:43

Hello,
I have a simple MFC dialog based application with a microsoft web browser activeX control in it. I want the ability to specify a mouse cursor image, instead of the web browser using whatever cursor the underlying html tells it to.

So far I have only been successful in setting the cursor of the Dialog window itself using

CPP / C++ / C Code:

SetClassLongPtr(this->.m_hWnd, //'this' is a CDialog
    GCL_HCURSOR,
   (LONG)LoadCursor(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), 
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_CURSOR1))); //IDC_CURSOR1 is a predefined cursor resource

So I thought the next logical step would be to try the same thing but pass the web browser handle instead.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

SetClassLongPtr(m_webBrowser.m_hWnd, //'m_webBrowser' is the variable for the web browser activeX
    GCL_HCURSOR,
   (LONG)LoadCursor(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), 
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_CURSOR1))); //IDC_CURSOR1 is a predefined cursor resource

Unfortunately, this does nothing

My next idea was to add a CStatic control (like a static text control, or an image control), add it over the top of the entire web browser, change the cursor property of the CStatic control, and make the static control transparent so the web browser underneath can be seen (I didn't mind if this blocked user input as a side effect, because that is also a desired outcome).

But I failed as soon as I tried to change the cursor property of the CStatic control

Code:

m_staticText.SetCursor( LoadCursor(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_CURSOR1)));

Sorry for the long-winded post guys, but I wanted to explain the problem as best as I could. If I havn't explained myself properly somewhere, let me know. Thanks in advance!

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