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BillWoodruff2-Sep-11 19:08
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Hi Luc,

First, I truly appreciate the time you took to comment further on this technique: I am already 'socialized' to wrapping things like 'StreamReaders' and such in 'Using' statements.

However, in this case, a simple need to change a cursor back to its default visual state, imho using a technique which involves creating a class seems to me like shooting a horsefly with a cannon Smile | :)

What's happening here is just another 'quirk' of Windows Forms: the need to set focus somewhere to 'provoke' the cursor to change visual state properly. A quirk I cannot even reproduce reliably (see example below).

Is it possible that I am 'off the planet' here, and you are talking about a DataBase cursor ... I hope not Smile | :)

In addition, if I understand it correctly, a class to be used in this pattern of Using/Dispose must inherit from IDisposable, a key fact, omitted here, the 'newbie' to .NET may not "get" too easily.

In VS Studio Pro 2010, compiling against .NET FrameWork 4.0 Client Profile, the following code in a button click handler:
C#
using System.Threading;            

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  button2.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
  Thread.Sleep(10000);
  button2.Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}
Does reset the cursor properly after the call to the Thread.Sleep.

The "big picture," I am sure we both agree on is: any operation causing a noticeable delay should be handled by threading, so the UI stays responsive.

I look forward to further enlightenment !

best, Bill
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