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Changes the appearance of the cursor on the front panel of a VI. The data type you wire to the icon input determines the polymorphic instance to use.

Example

Use the pull-down menu to select an instance of this VI.

Select an instance Set Cursor (Icon Pict)Set Cursor (Cursor ID)

Set Cursor (Icon Pict)

	icon is the system or LabVIEW cursor you want to use on the front panel of the VI. 0 Uses the default LabVIEW cursor. For example, if automatic tool selection is enabled and you move the cursor over a ring control, LabVIEW uses the cursor of the Operating tool. If you move the cursor over a string control, LabVIEW uses the cursor of the Labeling tool. 1 (Windows) LabVIEW uses this system cursor. (Mac OS and Linux) LabVIEW uses the system cursor that corresponds to this Windows cursor. 2 (Windows) LabVIEW uses this system cursor. (Mac OS and Linux) LabVIEW uses the system cursor that corresponds to this Windows cursor. 3 (Windows) LabVIEW uses this system cursor. (Mac OS and Linux) LabVIEW uses the system cursor that corresponds to this Windows cursor. 4 (Windows) LabVIEW uses this system cursor. (Mac OS and Linux) LabVIEW uses the system cursor that corresponds to this Windows cursor. 5 (Windows) LabVIEW uses this system cursor. (Mac OS and Linux) LabVIEW uses the system cursor that corresponds to this Windows cursor. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
	VI reference is a reference to the VI for which you want to change the cursor. The default is a reference to the VI that contains this VI as a subVI. You can use the Open VI Reference function to obtain a reference to another VI. This input is useful if multiple front panels are open, but you want to change the cursor in only one front panel. If the front panel of the VI for which you want to change the cursor is not open, this VI returns an error.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurred before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source specifies the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	previous cursor ID is a reference to the cursor on the front panel before this VI ran. Wire this output to another instance of the Set Cursor VI to change the cursor back to the previous cursor.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out front panel indicator and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Set Cursor (Cursor ID)

	cursor ID is a reference to the cursor you want to use on the front panel of the VI. Use the Create Cursor From File VI to obtain a reference to a cursor. If the cursor reference is invalid, LabVIEW changes the cursor to the default LabVIEW cursor and returns control of the cursor to LabVIEW.
	VI reference is a reference to the VI for which you want to change the cursor. The default is a reference to the VI that contains this VI as a subVI. You can use the Open VI Reference function to obtain a reference to another VI. This input is useful if multiple front panels are open, but you want to change the cursor in only one front panel. If the front panel of the VI for which you want to change the cursor is not open, this VI returns an error.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurred before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source specifies the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	previous cursor ID is a reference to the cursor on the front panel before this VI ran. Wire this output to another instance of the Set Cursor VI to change the cursor back to the previous cursor.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out front panel indicator and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Example

Refer to the Change Cursor Icon VI in the labview\examples\cursors\CursorUtilities.llb for an example of using the Set Cursor VI.