Overlord44
Programmer
I have an application I'm developing in Visual Basic 6 that is able to be controlled some distance away from a PC with a wireless mouse. I have made an interface that can be used from a short distance from a PC for the most part without any problems (increasing text size and whatnot), with one exception - the cursor.
I found out how to change the cursor when hovering over an object (easy enough with a label covering the entire form and set the properties there), but my problem is size - cursors under windows are limited to being a 32x32 image (you can use .ico or .cur files, but that's irrelvant). Ideally, I'd like a 128x128 cursor, though size could be changed to suit the app later on.
My question is this - I figure that if a 128x128 (or whatever) image (probably a GIF so the pointer isn't a square block) could be made to stick to the mouse pointer while the cursor is over the application (it'll be fullscreen, so going outside of it shouldn't be a problem unless they alt-tab on the keyboard or something from actually at the PC), then the pointer will be visible and useable (the application is going to have large controls, so accuracy from that distance isn't a huge problem).
However, I have no idea how to do this. Any thoughts?
I found out how to change the cursor when hovering over an object (easy enough with a label covering the entire form and set the properties there), but my problem is size - cursors under windows are limited to being a 32x32 image (you can use .ico or .cur files, but that's irrelvant). Ideally, I'd like a 128x128 cursor, though size could be changed to suit the app later on.
My question is this - I figure that if a 128x128 (or whatever) image (probably a GIF so the pointer isn't a square block) could be made to stick to the mouse pointer while the cursor is over the application (it'll be fullscreen, so going outside of it shouldn't be a problem unless they alt-tab on the keyboard or something from actually at the PC), then the pointer will be visible and useable (the application is going to have large controls, so accuracy from that distance isn't a huge problem).
However, I have no idea how to do this. Any thoughts?