get current mouse cursor type

Question

How do I get the current mouse cursor type? In Windows.

I mean - if it's a hourglass, an arrow, etc? I need it even if the mouse is ouside of my application or even if my program is windlowless.

In C#, Delphi or pure winapi, nevermind...

Thank you very much in advance!!

Answer 1

Use (in Delphi)

Screen.MouseCursor.

For the current mouse cursor.

General Win32 (user32) gives:

function GetCursor: HCURSOR; stdcall;

This should be available for other win32 languages.

Answer 2

EDIT: In Delphi

In most visual objects you can use the Cursor property, otherwise use the Screen.Cursor propery. Setting it back to crDefault canceles your change to whatever it was set before.

Answer 3

To get the information on global cursor, use GetCursorInfo.