[Tkinter-discuss] Using Win32 API to get around Tkinter limitations?

Igor Novikov igor.e.novikov at gmail.com
Fri Oct 29 14:38:35 CEST 2010


On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:02 AM, <python at bdurham.com> wrote:

> Wondering if there are ways to use the Win32 API to get around the
> following Tkinter limitations?
>

If you are familiar with winapi you can try using pywin32 extension:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/


>
> 1. Inability to set custom mouse cursors via *.cur/*.ani files.
>

Why not use conventional tcl/tk functionality? It seems tcl/tk allows to use
cur/ani files for custom cursor:

http://wiki.tcl.tk/8674

In *nix environment you can use the same images converted into xcursor
resources:

http://sk1project.org/viewpage.php?page_id=20

-- 
Regards,

Igor Novikov
sK1 Project
http://sk1project.org
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