BUG: Visual C++ Does Not Recognize Animated Cursor Types (189497)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 97
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q189497

SYMPTOMS

Visual Studio does not recognize animated cursors, and displays them as binary data.

CAUSE

Visual Studio does not support animated cursors as a standard resource type. Although the resource compiler recognizes animated cursor types and stores them properly within resource scripts, Visual Studio treats them as binary data.

RESOLUTION

Import animated cursors into an existing resource script (.rc file) as a Custom resource using the Import Resource command in Visual Studio.

Steps to Resolve the Problem

  1. Create a new workspace in Visual Studio.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Resource.
  3. Click Import on the Insert Resource dialog box.
  4. Import an animated cursor. NOTE: Animated cursors have an .ani file extension.
  5. Specify ANICURSORS as the Resource type in the Custom Resource Type dialog box.
  6. Click OK.
The animated cursor is opened in the binary editor. If you close the binary editor, the cursor is listed as IDR_ANICURSORS1 in the \Resource Script\AniCursors folder.

NOTE: The Animated Cursor Editor and Image Editor programs are available from the Windows 95 Resource Kit.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

178406 Availability of Animated Cursor Editor and Image Editor Programs

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Import animated cursors into an existing resource script as a Custom resource, specifying "ANICURSORS" as the resource type. The animated cursors are stored in the resource script properly, and displayed in ResourceView in a folder called "ANICURSORS." If you double-click an animated cursor in this view, the cursor is displayed as binary data.

IMPORTANT: If you use "ANICURSOR" as the resource type rather than "ANICURSORS," and you save and then reopen the resource script, the "ANICURSOR" folder in the resource script is renamed "21", which causes an error in a call to ::FindResource().
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/18/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB189497
©2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.