User Defined Cursor for a UserControl

[MatP]

I've created a new UserControl, in my project I added a new cursor file, and draw it myself.

 

Now, I would like the cursor to be added in the DLL file when my project is compiled. And, I want to be able in my UserControl to refer to the cursor that I added in the project, not to the filepath of the cursor wich would mean I must distribute the DLL file AND the Cursor File...

 

a kind of:

myCursor = Cursors.LoadFromThisProject("myCursor.cur")

and not

myCursor = New Cursor(Application.StartupPath & "\myCursor.cur")

because this one tells me, when I try to add my control to a form, that it couldn't find "C:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003\common7\IDE\mycursor.cur" file.

 

I tried adding an imageList then adding Cursor files, but it doesn't seem to work like the ICO file. I can't add .CUR file to the imagelist.

 

Thanks for the help,

[donnacha]

You probably need to make it an embedded resource that is compiled into the dll and then use the resource manager to access it.