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Hi friends,
i am new to gdk i want to change cursor.i found
" void dbChangeMouse ( int iCursor ) Values 2 to 31 are custom cursors that can be specified in the project media section and selected with this command "
i didn't understand how to set custom icon?
i mean i am using vc++ express(free edition). so how to create resource.h file or resorce.rc which one? and how?
then after creating how to insert icon in detail.
Thanks in advance

Help me

That documentation is held over from DarkBasic Professional. I am not certain that that functionaltiy is held over to GDK, but it doesn't matter anyway because you can change the mouse cursor with Windows.

So, I will answer with Windows related information, and leave the explanation of GDK to someone who knows better than I.

You would need to use both resource.h and projname.rc to produce resources embedded in your .exe file...which you can do in VS2008, but you must make the files yourself...there is no resource editing capability in Express editions of MS products. I could post a sample of each...in fact I have already done that several times over the last 4 months; they shouldn't be difficult to find using search. resource.h defines the resource IDs symbolically, and the .rc file has the structures that the resource compiler uses to make the "image" in your executable. (VS Express has the resource compiler...it just doesn't have the editor.)

You don't need to do that, however...you can just use the Windows function LoadImage, or even the deprecated LoadCursor function with the appropriate parameters. Once you have an HCURSOR, you can use the Windows function SetCursor to change it. LoadCursor and LoadImage both require an HINSTANCE, which you can get several ways, but the easiest way to get it is from the core of GDK itself. I also posted code on how to do that recently. Note that the return from SetCursor is the previous cursor's HCURSOR, which you can save to restore the original one, if that is your wont.

Basically, you will need to add an include file to your source (probably main.cpp in your case...up at the top, where it says #include "DarkGDK.h") The include file is "GlobStruct.h". I do not believe that GlobStruct is documented, nor is the function to get the address of GlobStruct.

Next, you will need a variable to hold the pointer:
GlobStruct* ptrCore = NULL;

At the top of the DarkGDK function, put the following line in:
ptrCore = (GlobStruct*)dbGetGlobPtr();

The HINSTANCE that you will need to use in order to call those Windows functions is:
ptrCore->hInstance

Also in the same structure is the HANDLE to the window:
ptrCore->hWnd

A quick read of GlobStruct.h will reveal a great deal of useful information. It is in the GDK include file directory with the rest of GDK's include files.

thanks jinzai for reply
It will be great help if u post some code or example or links.