This causes a repeated cursor across the screen: // Some thread

I'm trying my best to create this application as 'hands-off' of the host system as possible - this program is meant to be a drag and drop application that will just work on a system with none or very very minimal actions done to the settings of the host system itself.Ĭurrently, I have the following which draws a cursor at the location of the 'mouse' but I cannot figure out how to refresh the screen or draw over the old 'cursor' before drawing the new one. Because of this, I'm not sure of my course of action - I believe I can create a 'transparent' window to draw on while passing clicks/drags through onto the next window but am not sure how to go about this.ĮDIT: Clarification - This application might be run on a touchscreen device where the cursor is hidden by some means. However, for this application the system cursor may or may not be displayed, so I need to somehow draw onto the screen. I am using a device to track hand movements and translate them into a cursor position on the screen.

I am in need of drawing a custom mouse cursor using C++ for my application.

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