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[QUOTE="robertb_NZ, post: 179209, member: 28609"]
Thanks cjard.  I see why nobody else has replied.  This is a difficult problem.

Let's see if I can explain what I'm doing, then we can hopefully discuss the best approach.  As you say, this may not be RTB.

[B]Background[/B]
I am developing a software product MANASYS Jazz, primarily aimed a programming mainframe computers.  You write a Jazz program, this is translated into COBOL which then is compiled and run.  See [url=http://www.jazzsoftware.co.nz/default.aspx]Jazz Software[/url] for more information.

I am currently implementing a feature that allows users to place data on to a report to graphically create the report that they want.  Think Crystal Reports, but implemented by creating a COBOL program that, when compiled, will access VSAM and Sequential files on the mainframe to produce the report that they want.

When users are editing the report, the Window that they're working with looks like this: -
[ATTACH]4375.vB[/ATTACH]

The left-hand panel shows the data defined (so far) within the program.  You can drag a field from this Treeview to the right-hand panel where the layout simulates a report page, with a ruler line at the top, various section markers, and lines within each section.  I have uses a RichTextBox for the report page.

Suppose you click on Region and drag it into the report.  It cannot be dropped on the ruler or marker lines, and it cannot be dropped on top of a field that is already in the report, but it can be dropped in any spare position (shown by "....") or on the line marked "+Add another line"

The question of this posting is "Can I change the cursor as it moves across the report pane?"   Perhaps I should not use an RTB, but if so, what?

Thank you for your time,
Robert.
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