READING:
Using preset cursors (Chapter 11, pages 376-382)
Creating/Using custom cursors (Chapter 11, pages 382-386)
Technote: Setting the cursor Cursor list A, cursor list B
Cursor command and property (Appendix C, pages 794-795)
Managing multiple casts (Chapter 13, pages 448-453)

File "cursor_change.dir"

Shows how to invoke different default cursors (D8D page 377) and to implement a variety of cursor changes over sprites. Note that cursors should have 1-bit color depth and be no larger than 16x16 pixels in size.

on enterFrame
   upArrow = [1,2]
   -- 1 is the cast member of the 16x16 bit cursor
   -- 2 is the cast member of the mask
   -- change 2 to 1 to observe the "transparency" of the pointer
 
   transparent_upArrow = [1,1]
   black_upArrow = [2,2]
 
   -- the following tells over which sprite to change the pointer
   sprite(1).cursor = upArrow
   sprite(2).cursor = transparent_upArrow
   sprite(3).cursor = black_upArrow
 end 

on enterFrame
      upArrow = [member 1 of castLib 2, member 2 of castLib 2] 
      sprite(1).cursor = upArrow
 end