[antofic]

I think that the definition of custom cursors using Cocoa is more convoluted then using Carbon.

In Carbon I can create a 'CURS' resource (with ResEdit) and design all cursors I need. Then with a single function call I can show any cursor I have created.

In Cocoa I need to save a tiff file for every cursor, then create a NSImage and then a NSCursor from the NSImage. I cannot save the cursor hotspot in the tiff file, so I must hardcode it in the code o save in some other file.

There is a simple software to create and manage cursors in OS X?

There is a simple procedure to create an NSImage from a 'CURS' resource?

Any suggestion?

Thanks, and sorry for my poor english.

[smeger]

If you prefer the Carbon way, why don't you use it? You can call Carbon API from within a Cocoa program, you know.

[antofic]

Yes, I can call Carbon SetCursor(), but how this call interact with some cocoa objects that call NSCursor methods internally?

And calling SetCursor() when exists a Cocoa object developed for this purpose is somewhat unpleasant...

[smeger]

Originally posted by antofic:
Yes, I can call Carbon SetCursor(), but how this call interact with some cocoa objects that call NSCursor methods internally?

It shouldn't be a problem. The Carbon & Cocoa APIs are both wrappers for the same private API, so the calls are basically equivalent.

And calling SetCursor() when exists a Cocoa object developed for this purpose is somewhat unpleasant...

No argument here. Personally, I don't have any problem with something like:

Code:
NSCursor *myCursor = [[[NSCursor alloc] initWithImage: [NSImage imageNamed: @"ExcitingCursor"] hotspot: NSZeroPoint] autorelease];
[myCursor set];

(untested code). Of course, you've got a hardcoded hotspot, but if you want to be fancy-dancy, you could read it out of a plist or something.

[antofic]

NSZeroPoint may be not the correct value...

And imagine to have 40-50 different cursors (I have a simil-CAD application with automatic snap to objects) scattered in 40-50 different files without saved hotspot offsets.

I need an application to design the cursor with his mask. Then I need to measure and save the hotspot offsets in somewhat other file for every cursor.
When I decide an update the cursor design I need to remember to update the hotspot offsets.

I simply think that this procedure is cumbersome...