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Creating a Custom Mouse Cursor in Flash

By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com

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Now for the vertical position:

onclipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x = _xmouse;
_y = _ymouse;
}

_y and _ymouse are the same as _x and _xmouse, only the operators represent the y (vertical) position as measured in pixels from the top edge of the stage.

Now, the moment that each frame loads, Flash checks the x and y coordinates of the mouse cursor, and matches the position of the custom cursor to it.

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