Cursor Question

[JBNewsGroup]

Hi,

I have a process that updates a "hidden" document with main document data.
During execution the cursor "blinks" (arrow, hourglass, arrow,hourglass...).
I have a "timer" macro that executes a DoEvents in a loop and I do not have
an Application.ScreenUpdate statement in the code. I need the time to
update and display form data and document progress. The timer routine does
not seem to be the problem..

Is there a way to stop the cursor from "blinking", i.e; steady hourglass,
arrow or whatever?

Using Word2000 VBa.

Any suggestions, or even an emphatic NO, would be appreciated.

Jerry Bodoff

 

[Jonathan West]

I suspect that the answer is an emphatic no :-(

You can specify the mouse pointer type by setting the System.Cursor
property, but Word doesn't respect the value you set when it is busy
executing a macro, it will temporarily change it from time to time.

 

[JBNewsGroup]

Hi Jonathon,

Thanks fro the reply. I guess the solution will be to move the pointer to
an obscure section of the screen so it is not in one's eye range (what I now
do).

Jerry Bodoff