Color issue with custom cursor

Super Lloyd

I successfully create a custom cursor from a 32x32 32bpppArgb (GDI) Bitmap with the following code:

public static Cursor ToCursor(System.Drawing.Bitmap bmp, byte x, byte y)
{
var stream = new MemoryStream();
var hIcon = bmp.GetHicon();
try
{
System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(hIcon).Save(stream);
}
finally { NativeMethods.DestroyIcon(hIcon); }

stream.Seek(2, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.WriteByte(2);
stream.Seek(10, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.WriteByte(x);
stream.Seek(12, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.WriteByte(y);
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

return new Cursor(stream);

}

However the colors of my cursor are all wrong! It looks like it is using a palette / a limited set of 16/32/256 colors?! Is it possible to have 24bits/32bits colors cursor? (i.e. with millions of possible color value) [EDIT] Solved! I found a way to do it! With the following API in sequences: GetHIcon() CreateIconIndirect() CursorInteropHelper There was just some nagging issue to avoid GDI Object leaks which I solved by creating a class SafeIconHandle : SafeHandle

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Lost User

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4305800/using-custom-colored-cursors-in-a-c-sharp-windows-application[^] :)

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Super Lloyd

My cursor are created from code generated Bitmap, won't work! Anyhow I found a way to do it! With the following API in sequences: GetHIcon() CreateIconIndirect() CursorInteropHelper There was just some nagging issue to avoid GDI Object leaks which I solved by creating a class SafeIconHandle : SafeHandle

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Brisingr Aerowing

You may want to look at Extended Cursors for .Net[^] as it has a whole bundle of features.

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Super Lloyd

Thanks you! :) Anyhow my problem was to make a cursor that like a zoomed version of the screen!! So it doesn't help! But anyhow, all working by now!

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