Re: Mouse Wait Cursor does not persist across views
It will change it unless you do something that turns it back on (like a
message pump or something in another thread). Have you tried putting this
code in the mainframe rather than in one of the views? I don't know if that
would work, but it's worth a try.
Tom
"philselmer" <philselmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BF3CAB8-CED6-47D2-9780-825A1E5C0AF6@microsoft.com...
I am trying to use the following code to produce and remove the mouse
cursor
while doing a potentially lengthy operation:
BOOL MyView::OnSetCursor(CWnd* pWnd, UINT nHitTest, UINT message)
{
static BOOL waitCursorSet = FALSE;
if(_test->running())
{
if(_changeCursor && !waitCursorSet)
{
AfxGetApp()->DoWaitCursor(1);
waitCursorSet = TRUE;
}
else
{
if(waitCursorSet)
{
AfxGetApp()->DoWaitCursor(-1);
waitCursorSet = FALSE;
}
}
return TRUE;
}
else
{
waitCursorSet = FALSE;
_changeCursor = FALSE;
}
return ParentOfMyView::OnSetCursor(pWnd, nHitTest, message);
}
The view this applies to is one of three in the window. The problem I am
having is the mouse cursor changes back into a standard arrow cursor when
it
leaves this view. I have tried BeginWaitCursor() and EndWaitCursor(), but
have the same issue. All the forums I have read and the MSDN article
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/131991) seem to indicate
that
what I am doing (and what I have done) should change the cursor for the
entire application, not just the view.
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
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