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GetCursor function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Retrieves a handle to the current cursor.

To get information on the global cursor, even if it is not owned by the current thread, use GetCursorInfo.

Syntax

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HCURSOR WINAPI GetCursor(void);

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return value

Type: HCURSOR

The return value is the handle to the current cursor. If there is no cursor, the return value is NULL.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server

Header
Winuser.h (include Windows.h)

Library
User32.lib

DLL
User32.dll

See also

Reference
GetCursorInfo
SetCursor
Conceptual
Cursors

 

 

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C# syntax 
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true)]
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vb.net syntax 
<DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling:=True)> _
Public Shared Function GetCursor() As IntPtr
End Function
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