mouse pointer

[hbarker]

Upon clicking enter our application begins it's processing. Is there a way to disable (or change the mouse pointer) for as long as it is doing it's processing to let the user know that the program is still working.

[Mark Sreeves]

sure

Me.MousePointer = vbHourglass

then

Me.MousePointer = vbDefault

resets it


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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

Mark.Sreeves@Softlab.co.uk
A BMW Group Company

[Crazy D]

Notice that a button can still be pressed, whether the mousecursor is an hourglass or not.
You can disable the form using me.enabled = false .
You can also use a progressbar to indicate the process is still in progress.

[death]

Can you change the pointer to a picture file?
Like a novelty pointer?

[Aaron Young]

You can by setting the Value to vbCustom and Loading an Image into the MouseIcon Property, but the Image has to be in a Cursor or Icon Format, ie.

Screen.MouseIcon = LoadPicture("..\Common\Graphics\Icons\Arrows\Point09.ico")
Screen.MousePointer = vbCustom



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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
ajyoung@pressenter.com