How to Display an image next to the cursor when dragging?

Question

Hi, Can anyone tell me how can I display an image next to the cursor like Vista (When dragging a file to folder it shows a "Copy to..." tooltip)?

Answer 1

The short answer starts with:

Cursor myCursor = new Cursor("myCursor.cur");

The details are explained in this article: How To Use Custom Cursors

Answer 2

See this article:

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/net/code/Controls/ImageList/Sophisticated_Drag_Drop_Images/article.asp

Answer 3

Look at the following article:

http://blogs.msdn.com/adamroot/archive/2008/02/15/shell-style-drag-and-drop-in-net-part-3.aspx

Update: You need to apply the following modifications in SwfDragSourceHelper.cs to enable WinXP support.

public static void AllowDropDescription(bool allow)
{
    IDragSourceHelper2 sourceHelper = new DragDropHelper() as IDragSourceHelper2;
    if (sourceHelper != null)
        sourceHelper.SetFlags(allow ? 1 : 0);
}