Mouse pointer does not change to reflect active vs. inert areas (always active)

[jperry]

How do we set up the program so that when the operator moves the mouse from a blank area to an active area (button, hyperlink, etc.) it changes from the basic arrow pointer to the active fingerstyle pointer? We haven't found a way to influence the pointer style at all, and we thought this was a fundamental operation in GUI programs!

Using Labview Professional Control Edition on Windows 2000, controlling a remote RT system on PXI hardware.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you're using LabVIEW 7, it's pretty simple. On the Application Control palette there's a Cursor sub-palatte with a Set Cursor function. With an event structure, you could use Mouse Enter and Mouse Leaving events to change the cursor style.