Use CursorManager to load png file based cursor
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" initialize="initializeHandler(event)"> <mx:Script> import mx.managers.CursorManager; [Embed(source="a.png")] private var customCursor:Class; private function initializeHandler(event:Event):void { CursorManager.setCursor(customCursor); } </mx:Script> </mx:Application>