Re: how to change mouse cursor

[John Cupitt ng-london org uk]

neeraj sharma wrote:

> How can
> I change my mouse pointer when it is over a button and
> how when an application is opened.One more thing In
> gtk can we find out if an application is running or
> not.


You need to use a gdk_cursor. Something like:

   GdkCursor *cursor = gdk_cursor_new( GDK_TOP_LEFT_ARROW );
   gdk_window_set_cursor( GTK_WIDGET( button )->window, cursor );

grep the gtk sources for examples.

Finding out whether an application is running is hard to do well in way 
that will work on any platform. If you're using a linuxy unix, you could 
try something simple like (untested):

   if( system( "ps ax | grep -q foo" ) == 0 ) )
     its_running();

This will be slow and unreliable, but might be good enough.

John



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