MousePointer Property

Applies To: CheckBox | ComboBox | CommandButton | CommandGroup | Container Object | Control Object | EditBox | Form | Grid | Image | Label | Line | ListBox | OLE Bound Control | OLE Container Control | OptionButton | OptionGroup | _SCREEN | Shape | Spinner | TextBox | ToolBar
Specifies the shape of the mouse pointer when you move the mouse over a particular part of an object at run time. You can use the MousePointer property to indicate changes in functionality as the mouse pointer passes over controls on a form or dialog box. Available at design time and run time.

Object.MousePointer [= nType]
Property Values
nType 
Specifies a value representing the shape of the mouse pointer. 
Note   When you set the MousePointer property using the Properties window, the drop-down list displays the setting names used in Visual FoxPro for Windows.
The following table lists the values for nType. 

nType Description 
 0  Shape determined by the object (Default) 
 1  Arrow 
 2  Cross (cross-hair pointer) 
 3  I-beam 
 4  Icon (small white square within a black square) 
 5  Size (four-pointed arrow pointing north, south, east, west) 
 6  Size NE SW (double arrow pointing northeast and southwest) 
 7  Size NS (double arrow pointing north and south) 
 8  Size NW SE (double arrow pointing northwest and southeast) 
 9  Size WE (double arrow pointing west and east) 
 10  Up arrow 
 11  Hourglass or wristwatch 
 12  No Drop 
 13  Hide pointer 
 14  Arrow. Not a valid property value for grids and returns the error "Expression evaluated to an illegal value." 
 15  Hand 
 99  Custom. Uses pointer specified in object's MouseIcon property. 

Remarks
To indicate that the user should wait for a process to finish, set the MousePointer property to  11  (Hourglass or Wristwatch).

When MousePointer is set to  15  (Hand), an arrow appears instead of a hand when running Visual FoxPro applications on Windows NT  4 . 0  operating systems.

MouseIcon Property

Applies To: CheckBox | ComboBox | CommandButton | CommandGroup | Container Object | Control Object | EditBox | Form | Grid | Image | Label | Line | ListBox | OLE Bound Control | OLE Container Control | OptionButton | OptionGroup | _SCREEN | Shape | Spinner | TextBox | ToolBar
Specifies the mouse pointer icon displayed when the mouse pointer is positioned over an object. Available at design time and run time.

Object.MouseIcon[ = cFileName]
Property Values
cFileName 
Specifies the file that is displayed when the mouse pointer is positioned over the object. You can specify a mouse icon (.ico) file, a mouse cursor (.cur) file, or an animated mouse cursor (.ani) file. 
Remarks
To display the mouse icon, set the MousePointer property to  99  (Custom).