Mouse color in graphic mode

Question

I'm working on my finale project in school and in my program the mouse is red (Graphic mode). Is there a way to change it to regular? I heard it was easy but I couldn't find it.

thanks!

Answer 1

This is my code to change the cursor shape :

;FROM http://lateblt.tripod.com/asm.htm
.stack 100h
.data

my_cursor DB 11111111B, 11111001B
          DB 11111111B, 11110000B
          DB 11111111B, 11110000B
          DB 11111111B, 11110000B
          DB 11111111B, 11110000B
          DB 11111111B, 11110000B
          DB 00000111B, 11000000B
          DB 00000011B, 10000000B
          DB 00000011B, 10000000B
          DB 00000111B, 11000000B
          DB 00000111B, 11000000B
          DB 00001111B, 11100000B
          DB 00011111B, 11110000B
          DB 00011111B, 11111000B
          DB 00011111B, 11111000B
          DB 00011111B, 11111000B

          DB 00000000B, 00000110B
          DB 00000000B, 00001111B
          DB 00000000B, 00001111B
          DB 00000000B, 00001111B
          DB 00000000B, 00001111B
          DB 00000000B, 00001111B
          DB 11111000B, 00111111B
          DB 11111100B, 01111111B
          DB 11111100B, 01111111B
          DB 11111000B, 00111111B
          DB 11111000B, 00111111B
          DB 11110000B, 00011111B
          DB 11100000B, 00001111B
          DB 11100000B, 00000111B
          DB 11100000B, 00000111B
          DB 11100000B, 00000111B          

.code

mov ax, @data       ;INITIALIZE DATA SEGMENT.
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax          ;NECESSARY TO CHANGE CURSOR COLOR.

mov ah, 0
mov al, 13h         ;MODE 320x200.
int 10h             ;START GRAPHICS MODE.

mov ax, 1           ;TURN MOUSE
int 33h             ;CURSOR ON.

mov ax, 09h
mov bx, 0ah 
mov cx, 0
mov dx, offset my_cursor ;SHAPE OF A HAND.
int 33h            ;SET MOUSE CURSOR LOOK.

repeat:            ;REPEAT UNTIL USER PRESS ANY KEY.
mov ah, 0bh
int 21h
cmp al, 0
je  repeat

mov ax, 4c00h       ;TERMINATE PROGRAM.
int 21h

Tested on Windows XP and TASM :

tasm /zi filename
tlink /v filename
filename

It runs great, the cursor has the shape of a hand.