How do I enter sprites into gamemaker code?, Game maker 7

I need to know how do I enter things like objects or sprites into code.
Example:
cursor_sprite
How do I put eggroll sprite into this code correctly?

This post has been edited by Yoshibro. on Jun 18 2008, 12:53 AM

Well you didn't supply much information on how you want to pull it off.
you could try using sprite_index to define the sprite, but still you haven't given much to work with.

Two ways:
1.Hide the mouse cursor and draw the sprite at the mouse position.
2.cursor_sprite=(spriteindex)

From what I read, it seems you want to know how to place the name of the object/sprite into your code, correct?
If so, it's really simple

Let's pretend you have an item called objMario

if you want a variable (let's call it location) to have the value of said object, you do this:

If an object by the name "objMario" exists, the name should turn purple.

so if you want cursor_sprite to = eggroll sprite, you do

As a warning, make sure NO TWO OBJECTS SHARE THE SAME NAME. If you do so, then you may get glitches.

For example, if you had an object and a sprite, and both were named Mario, and you decide to do:

This would most likely not work, since the object Mario isn't a sprite, and would therefore, cause an error.

In which case, it's best to put a small abbreviation in front of your names.
Here's a nice way to organize:
spr = sprite
obj = object
bck = background
snd = sound
pth = path
scr = script
rom = room
fnt = font
tml = timeline

Don't make them unnecessarily long. Up to 3 letters is good enough.
And so on. This way, you can have an sprMario and an objMario, with none of the errors.