Problem while using Custom Cursor!!

Question

Hi,
I am attempting to simulate a drag n drop operation in one of my custom components (build from scratch). For this reason, I was changing the cursor to a custom drag cursor (that will give the appearance of dragging) which is defined static and will be read from the file as follows:
private static Cursor dragCursor = new Cursor("..\Images\MyCursorFile.cur");
It loads fine and I am able to use it quite well. However, sometimes, the cursor just does not show and I have to close and re-open my application to get back the cursor. I have no clue why this happens as there is no reproducable path to the problem.
Any ideas? (Or any other way to load a .cur file without having to load from a file? Or any other way to assign custom cursors??)
Thanks.
Regards,
Rajesh

Antti · Answer

Is the changing of the focus causing that problem? Sometimes when loading graphics, they need to be restored when focused. Don't know if this helps, but it's worth of trying:
Try to add this into your main form constructor:
this.GotFocus += new System.EventHandler(this.Restore);
and the restorer:
void Restore(object Sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
//here recreate the cursor
dragCursor = new Cursor("..\Images\MyCursorFile.cur");
}

Orin Orin · Answer

on What event you change the Cursor?
give listing!