ID Number: Q71105
1.00
MS-DOS
Summary:
During operations that take time, you may decide to display the
hourglass mouse cursor. This will let the user know that the computer
is performing an operation that may take some noticeable time, and
that no user input will be immediately processed during this time.
This information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic Programming System
version 1.00 for Windows.
More Information:
The MousePointer property can be set during design time or during run
time. During operations that may take some noticeable amount of time,
the MousePointer should be set to the hourglass pointer. This can be
performed using the Screen.MousePointer property. Before setting the
mouse pointer to the hourglass, you should save the present mouse
pointer so that when you are through with the hourglass cursor, you
can re-initialize it to the previous pointer. Below is an example of
setting the pointer to the hourglass cursor:
Sub Form_Click ()
SavedPointer = Screen.MousePointer ' Save mouse pointer.
Screen.MousePointer = 11 ' 11# = hourglass.
For i = 1 To 10000: Next i ' Some lengthy operation.
Screen.MousePointer = SavedPointer ' set to previous mouse pointer.
End Sub