Can we change MapInfo's Info Tool cursor style?

[Bill Thoen]

Got another question for MapInfo hackers. Sometimes the the little, dark
plus sign used by MapInfo's Info tool is really hard to see on the map,
and I was wondering if there's a way to change the cursor to something
more visible (like a white-outlined plus sign). I know you can also
press 'c' to toggle the full screen crosshair, but I'd like a third
option. Does anyone here have any suggestions?

Thanks,
- Bill Thoen

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hi Bill,

I had a little play with the MAPINFOW.MNU file but nothing I tried
seemed to wrok and somthings even made my mapinfo crash. The problem
seems to be that even when you add a cursor statment in the
MAPINFOW.MNU file it ignores it and just uses the normal cursor.

The only thing that I can think of is that you need to remove the old
selection tool then add a new toolbutton in with the newcursor, the
only problem is that you have to make the selection process behind the
tool becuase once you call the sub that the normal selection tool uses
it reverts the cursor :(

Cheers
Nathan

[Mats.E]

Hi Bill!

I think these cursors are to be found as bitmaps in some resource file,
possibly mires850.dll.
So if you could hack into that you could replace the offending cursor
with something more in your taste.
But you would of course lose the original cross hair design.

Regards, Mats.E

[Bill Thoen]

Thanks again MapInfo-Lers for the quick response. As I suspected,
MapInfo's tool button cursors can be altered using a resource editor and
editing mires850.dll (The number 850 relates to your version of MapInfo;
if you are running an older version it will match that version number,
e.g. 650, 700, etc.) The tool recommended most was Angus Johnson's
freeware Resource Hacker, available from
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/, but any good resource editor
should work.

- Bill Thoen