down_bits = [255, 255, 255, 255, 31,
                     255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255,
                     31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255,
                     255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 25, 243,
                     255, 255, 19, 249, 255, 255, 7, 252, 255, 255, 15, 254,
                     255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 191, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
                     255]
    
        down_mask = [240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
                     0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
                     0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 255, 31, 0, 0, 255,
                     31, 0, 0, 254, 15, 0, 0, 252, 7, 0, 0, 248, 3, 0, 0,
                     240, 1, 0, 0, 224, 0, 0, 0, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                     0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
    
        if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__':
            
            down_bitmap = wx.BitmapFromBits(down_bits, 32, 32)
            down_mask_bitmap = wx.BitmapFromBits(down_mask, 32, 32)
    
            down_bitmap.SetMask(wx.Mask(down_mask_bitmap))
            down_image = down_bitmap.ConvertToImage()
            down_image.SetOption(wx.IMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_X, 6)
            down_image.SetOption(wx.IMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_Y, 14)
            down_cursor = wx.Cursor(down_image)
            
        elif wx.Platform == '__WXGTK__':
            
            down_cursor = wx.Cursor(down_bits, 32, 32, 6, 14,
                                    down_mask, wx.WHITE, wx.BLACK)