R: using animated gif for a cursor on Windows

[Björnke von Gierke]

well, you can set the cursor to different images repeatedly, therefore creating a fake animation, kind of?


On 10 Jun 2011, at 21:29, Mark Stuart wrote:

> on Fri Jun 10 08:24:20 CDT 2011, baccheschi at tin.it wrote:
>>> 
> perhapse  may help you.. putting it on a .gif script
> 
> on mouseUp
>   set the repeatcount of img ID its_ID to -1
>   set cursor to 0
>   repeat until the mouseclick
>      set the loc of img ID its_ID to the mouseloc
>   end repeat
>   set the repeatcount of img  ID its_ID to 0
>   set the currentframe of img  ID its_ID to 1
>   set cursor to arrow
> end mouseUp
> <<
> 
> Hi Mario,
> Thanx for your reply. I used your script and it didn't quite do what I
> was looking for, but I will try and make it work.
> Running your script, I notice my animated gif still does not "animate".
> I did submit a Tech Support request to RunRev, and Heather replied with
> "...I guess we don't support it."
> 
> Unless someone knows how to make animated gifs "animate" on Windows OS
> as a cursor, I guess I'm out of luck for now.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Stuart
> 
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