Drag-drop: How to draw a "ghost" control that represents data being dragged?

Question

I've searched a lot and the nearest thing I've found is this. The question is exactly about what I want to code, but there's only one vague answer. Searched code.google.com for GiveFeedback implementations, but none about what I want. Any idea, please?

Answer 1

Assuming this is C# / Windows Forms, if you use the built-in API for drag & drop, then you get a "dragging" mouse cursor for free. That is really the easiest solution.

Answer 2

If you are using WPF this article may be helful

http://blog.pixelingene.com/?p=43

Answer 3

Sorry, I really didn't tell platform/language; indeed, it is C# / Windows Forms / .NET 2.0

Can mouse cursor have any size? For instance, if I'm dragging a 400px wide textbox, can mouse cursor be a semi-transparent copy of it?