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Date: 2010apr8
Platform: Windows

Q.  How can I change the cursor for a specific window?

A.  Use SetClassLong, like this:

	void SetWindowCursor(HWND hwnd, const HCURSOR hCursor)
	{
		SetClassLong(hwnd, GCL_HCURSOR, PtrToLong(hCursor));
	}

	void exampleUse(HWND hwnd)
	{
		SetWindowCursor(hwnd, LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_HAND));
	}

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