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QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s)

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    Delavega77
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    I'm trying to change the cursor Image but I got the following error:
    QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s)

    I tried both:
    QCursor(QBitmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp"));
    QCursor(QPixmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.png"));
    Please help me
    Thanks

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      Christian Ehrlicher
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      Do the files actually exist? Please check with QFile::exists() before trying to create a cursor

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      • D Delavega77

        I'm trying to change the cursor Image but I got the following error:
        QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s)

        I tried both:
        QCursor(QBitmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp"));
        QCursor(QPixmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.png"));
        Please help me
        Thanks

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        jsulm
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        @Delavega77 said in QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s):

        qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp

        Does it exist and contains valid bitmap?
        What does

        qDebug() << QBitmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp").isNul();
        

        return?

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @Delavega77 said in QCursor: Cannot create bitmap cursor; invalid bitmap(s):

          qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp

          Does it exist and contains valid bitmap?
          What does

          qDebug() << QBitmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp").isNul();
          

          return?

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          Delavega77
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          @jsulm Thank your for your reply.
          Yes the file exists .

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            @jsulm Thank your for your reply.
            Yes the file exists .

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            jsulm
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            @Delavega77 So, isNull() returns false?

            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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            • jsulmJ jsulm

              @Delavega77 So, isNull() returns false?

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              Delavega77
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              @jsulm file.exists( ) return true;
              qDebug() << QBitmap("qrc:/cursorTarget.bmp").isNull(); return false;
              but when i try to create the cursor i get that error

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                Christian Ehrlicher
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                Can you upload the bitmap so we can try out by ourself?

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                • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                  Can you upload the bitmap so we can try out by ourself?

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                  Delavega77
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                  @Christian-Ehrlicher it was my fault; now i dont' get any error when creates the cursor but when i set the cursor to a quickItem in c++ i doesn't have any effect.
                  QCursor jackpotCursor= QCursor(QPixmap(":/cursorTarget.png"));
                  window->setCursor(jackpotCursor);

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                    Christian Ehrlicher
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                    Can you try out with a QWidget first, if it works try to create a minimal testcase for a QQuickWhatever

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                    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                      Can you try out with a QWidget first, if it works try to create a minimal testcase for a QQuickWhatever

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                      @Christian-Ehrlicher I tried with a QWidget and it works fine...

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                        Then you should create a small testcase and create a bug report (and post the link here)

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