//cf. http://stackoverflow.com/a/1020819/1569 internal static Bitmap GetCursor() { Windowing.CURSORINFO cursorInfo = new Windowing.CURSORINFO(); cursorInfo.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(cursorInfo); if (!Windowing.GetCursorInfo(out cursorInfo)) { return(null); } if (cursorInfo.flags != Windowing.CURSOR_SHOWING) { return(null); } IntPtr hicon = Windowing.CopyIcon(cursorInfo.hCursor); if (hicon == IntPtr.Zero) { return(null); } Windowing.ICONINFO iconInfo; if (!Windowing.GetIconInfo(hicon, out iconInfo)) { return(null); } int x = cursorInfo.ptScreenPos.X - ((int)iconInfo.xHotspot); int y = cursorInfo.ptScreenPos.Y - ((int)iconInfo.yHotspot); using (Bitmap maskBitmap = Bitmap.FromHbitmap(iconInfo.hbmMask)) { // Is this a monochrome cursor? if (maskBitmap.Height == maskBitmap.Width * 2) { Bitmap resultBitmap = new Bitmap(maskBitmap.Width, maskBitmap.Width); Graphics desktopGraphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(Windowing.GetDesktopWindow()); IntPtr desktopHdc = desktopGraphics.GetHdc(); IntPtr maskHdc = Windowing.CreateCompatibleDC(desktopHdc); IntPtr oldPtr = Windowing.SelectObject(maskHdc, maskBitmap.GetHbitmap()); using (Graphics resultGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(resultBitmap)) { IntPtr resultHdc = resultGraphics.GetHdc(); // These two operation will result in a black cursor over a white background. // Later in the code, a call to MakeTransparent() will get rid of the white background. Windowing.BitBlt(resultHdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, maskHdc, 0, 32, Windowing.TernaryRasterOperations.SRCCOPY); Windowing.BitBlt(resultHdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, maskHdc, 0, 0, Windowing.TernaryRasterOperations.SRCINVERT); resultGraphics.ReleaseHdc(resultHdc); } IntPtr newPtr = Windowing.SelectObject(maskHdc, oldPtr); Windowing.DeleteDC(newPtr); Windowing.DeleteDC(maskHdc); desktopGraphics.ReleaseHdc(desktopHdc); // Remove the white background from the BitBlt calls, // resulting in a black cursor over a transparent background. resultBitmap.MakeTransparent(Color.White); return(resultBitmap); } } Icon icon = Icon.FromHandle(hicon); return(icon.ToBitmap()); }