Implement Animated cursor using C# Winforms

First you must add three namespaces like below.

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

Then write a method (LoadCustomCursor) like given below.

 

public static Cursor LoadCustomCursor(string path)

        {

            IntPtr hCurs = LoadCursorFromFile(path);

            if (hCurs == IntPtr.Zero) throw new Win32Exception();

            var curs = new Cursor(hCurs);

            // Note: force the cursor to own the handle so it gets released properly

            var fi = typeof(Cursor).GetField("ownHandle", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);

            fi.SetValue(curs, true);

            return curs;

        }

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]

        private static extern IntPtr LoadCursorFromFile(string path);

Sample usage:

private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{ 

this.Cursor = LoadCustomCursor(Application.StartupPath + "\\images\\Black and Blue Working in Background.ani");

//Enter your C# Code here

this.Cursor = Cursors.Default;

}