Active over a list box

[Nickydude]

Is it possible to have an active go over a list (box) object instead of behind? I'm using an active as a custom cursor and I'd like to select things from a list box but it goes behind.

[DanielRehn]

Nope, the listbox is a windows control.. Use the cursor object to change the cursor instead!

[Nickydude]

Ahh, thank you.

A couple of questions...

1/. How do I have an custom animated cursor.
2/. How can I change it when the left mouse button's pressed? (it's a pointing hand which i'd like to 'press' down.. I think I've got this one.

[Looki]

Well, double-click on the Cursor Object in Frame Editor
Insert your frames...
example:
frames 0-5 = "not-clicking" anim
frames 6-8 = clicking anim


Now, we need to create some events that animates the cursor!
We need the operator "mod".
Repeat while mouse key is NOT pressed
- (timer/100) mod 6

Repeat while mouse key is pressed
- 6+((timer/100) mod 3)


timer/100 is just a hundreth of the mmf timer. (so the animation isn't as fast as without /100, you can change the 100, of course. You could use a counter, too)

mod (modulo) is a mathematic operator. It's for "looping" a numeral in an interval.
Imagine: An object moves to the right, till the right corner of the frame. Then it get's warped back to x = 0. That can be done with the "mod" operator. The formula for the object's x pos could be something like X("Active")+10 mod 640.
More information at wikipedia, if you don't know it.

Hope you understood it.


Looki

[Nickydude]

Thank you! I now have an animated cursor!