Re: NewEra-Motif Changing the cursor

Dieter Schoeddert (schoeddert@schumann-ag.de) wrote: > John Wade wrote: > } > } I have NewEra 1.01 for Motif (on HP-UX). Is there any way to change > } the cursor shape from a pointer to a busy cursor (such as the watch > } or hourglass) when executing a long query to the database? > } If a query takes more than about 10 seconds and the users still see > } a pointer for a cursor, they think the program is hung. Providing > } some sort of "busy" cursor would make them feel like the program > } is still doing something. > } > } Thanks > } -=[ John Wade ]=- > } Hello John, > take a look at the member Function "setCursor()" from ixApp ! > Dieter Sch'ddert - Schumann Unternehmensberatung AG - Cologne - Germany > schoeddert@schumann-ag.de ...and you will find that it is missing in version 1.01/Motif. You are probably using the same version as I did, and I had to remove all setCursor()-commands from the code when converting from PC/Window to HP/Motif. Changing the cursor shape seems impossible in v. 1.01, but will hopefully be present in v. 3.0... -- Frode Tvedten Systems dept Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 'ndalsnes/Norway E-mail: ftv@it.tollpost.no Phone: (+47) 7122 6678 Fax: (+47) 7122 6694