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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
- Subject: Re: Changing the mouse arrow
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- References: <1993Jan6.152604.9593@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:30:26 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan6.152604.9593@midway.uchicago.edu> epc1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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- >
- >I would like to change the mouse arrow in my application to an hourglass
- >or a clock when it's performing a long, cpu intensive calculation in order
- >to reassure the user that something is still occuring.
- >
- >Does anyone know where I can get a public domain pixmap of a hourglass
- >or a clock for such an effort?
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
-
- You don't need one - Windows provides one for you! Just say:
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- HCURSOR hHourGlass = LoadCursor( NULL, IDC_WAIT );
-
- and use that. Refer to the documentation of the "LoadCursor" function for
- a list of all the standard cursors which Windows provides.
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