How would I create a layer ABOVE a custom cursor? [CS5 Pro]

...so the custom cursor would disappear behind the layer when moved across it.
Currently if the layer is simply put at the top of the layer list [above the mouse cursor layer] when published the mouse cursor supersedes it and appears above all layers... not behind any
Many many thanks for your help in advance oh Holy Whizzkids

First, try removing that first line and see if it helps.
Second, if it doesn't help, after that line do the same for whatever object you have in the layer you want to sit above the cursor... it'll need to be objects that you can target with code.
What addChild() does is it takes the object being targeted and places at the top of the display list. So that first line is essentially uprooting whytehand from the timeline and placing it above all other content planted in the timeline. So either you don't use it, or you also use it to place the other content above the cursor.

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