Disabling Form Input and Displaying Wait Cursor during long processes

2013-10-10T16:34:46Z

209.150.89.226: Created page with "Going in to busy processing: Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor Me.Enabled = False When done with busy processing: Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default Me.Enabled = True From:..."

Going in to busy processing:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
Me.Enabled = False

When done with busy processing:

Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
Me.Enabled = True

From: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.cursor.aspx

For example, if the purpose of your application is to edit a text file, you might set
the Current property to Cursors.WaitCursor to display a wait cursor over the application
while the file loads or saves to prevent any mouse events from being processed. When the
process is complete, set the Current property to Cursors.Default for the application to
display the appropriate cursor over each control type.

Note:
'''If you call Application.DoEvents''' before resetting the Current property back to the
Cursors.Default cursor, the application will resume listening for mouse events and will
'''resume displaying the appropriate Cursor for each control in the application'''.

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2013-10-10T16:32:23Z

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Disabling Form Input and Displaying Wait Cursor during long processes

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