Newbe Question: Setting a cursor image from a source file

I have a panel that is dynamiclly loaded with images from files. I wanted to set the cursor to the image, originally I was going to load a sprite with the image and have it follow the cursor but I figured that it might be better using the CursorManager. I've used the cursormanager with a image that is embed as a class but I'm having a problem doing it from the spark image object. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bubba

Ok guys - managed to solve my problem - used the following code:
try {
FileReader file = new FileReader("C:/wherever ya put your file");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(file);
String line;
while((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
groupMonth = line;
in.close();
}catch (Exception e) {}
I then used the setText() function to assign the value to the JLabel.
All is well :P
Chuck
P.S Thanks for the pointer it certainly helped.

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