Draw mouse pointer icon?

Question

I am coding little fun gadget. I want to be able to draw second (or more) mouse pointer icons at different location than the original mouse but to move it according to move of original mouse.

I know how to track movement of the mouse but I dunno how to draw/redraw mouse pointer; can anyone help?

Answer 1

You can use the following code:

CURSORINFO ci;
ci.cbSize = sizeof(CURSORINFO);
GetCursorInfo(&ci);

Next you can draw a cursor by calling:

DrawIcon(ContextDC, YourXPosition, YourYPosition, ci.hCursor);

If you need additional information about the cursor, like hotspot for example, check the ICONINFO structure:

ICONINFO ii;
GetIconInfo(ci.hCursor, &ii);