disabling controls

[Mike]

That is exactly what I am looking for. Just one thing,
after I turn the cursor into a wait cursor, is there a
way to disable all the controls (e.g buttons, textboxes)
so that I can't click on anything, or do I have to
disable each control individually. Again , thanks for
the reply.

-----Original Message-----
Mike,

Something along these lines:
-------------
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
// ... do processing
Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
-------------

Is this what you were looking for?

Regards,
Alex
"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Currently, when my application needs to write/read to a
database, there is a time lag. In that time lag, a user can click the same button multiple times causing my app
problems. I want to turn the mouse pointer arrow into an hourglass and ignore mouse clicks until my app finishes
working. Most commercial apps I've looked at do this.
Is there an easy way to do this (ie. any built-in
controls in VS.NET or classes in MSDN)? Any suggestions and/or code samples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for the reply.

Mike

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[Chris Taylor]

Hi,

You could disable the Form. I would recommend you do this in a try ...
finally block.

try
{
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
Enabled = false;

// Processing here
}
finally
{
Enabled = true;
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

The sample assumes this code is in a member of the Form.

Hope this helps

Chris Taylor
"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5e****************************@phx.gbl...

That is exactly what I am looking for. Just one thing,
after I turn the cursor into a wait cursor, is there a
way to disable all the controls (e.g buttons, textboxes)
so that I can't click on anything, or do I have to
disable each control individually. Again , thanks for
the reply.

-----Original Message-----
Mike,

Something along these lines:
-------------
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
// ... do processing
Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
-------------

Is this what you were looking for?

Regards,
Alex
"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:0a****************************@phx.gbl...

Currently, when my application needs to write/read to a
database, there is a time lag. In that time lag, a user can click the same button multiple times causing my app
problems. I want to turn the mouse pointer arrow into an hourglass and ignore mouse clicks until my app finishes
working. Most commercial apps I've looked at do this.
Is there an easy way to do this (ie. any built-in
controls in VS.NET or classes in MSDN)? Any suggestions and/or code samples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for the reply.

Mike

.

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[Mike]

I was thinking about doing this but I would prefer to
disable the form without greying out the buttons and
textboxes. Can I do this? Maybe some method can be
called that will cause my app to ignore mouse clicks.
Thanks again for the reply.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

You could disable the Form. I would recommend you do this in a try ...finally block.

try
{
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
Enabled = false;

// Processing here
}
finally
{
Enabled = true;
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

The sample assumes this code is in a member of the Form.

Hope this helps

Chris Taylor
"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5e****************************@phx.gbl...

That is exactly what I am looking for. Just one thing,
after I turn the cursor into a wait cursor, is there a
way to disable all the controls (e.g buttons, textboxes) so that I can't click on anything, or do I have to
disable each control individually. Again , thanks for
the reply.

>-----Original Message-----
>Mike,
>
>Something along these lines:
>-------------
>Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
>// ... do processing
>Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
>-------------
>
>Is this what you were looking for?
>
>Regards,
>Alex
>
>
>"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0a****************************@phx.gbl...
>> Currently, when my application needs to write/read to a >> database, there is a time lag. In that time lag, a

user

>> can click the same button multiple times causing my app >> problems. I want to turn the mouse pointer arrow into

an

>> hourglass and ignore mouse clicks until my app

finishes >> working. Most commercial apps I've looked at do this. >> Is there an easy way to do this (ie. any built-in
>> controls in VS.NET or classes in MSDN)? Any

suggestions

>> and/or code samples would be greatly appreciated.

Thank

>> you for the reply.
>>
>> Mike
>
>
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>

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[timtos]

If you want to, you can create your own custom button class.
Doing all the drawing stuff yourself, you can tell the button to
look like "this" when it is disabled and to look like "that" when
it is enabled...

Hope I understood you question right!

Greetings,
timtos.

"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:08****************************@phx.gbl...

I was thinking about doing this but I would prefer to
disable the form without greying out the buttons and
textboxes. Can I do this? Maybe some method can be
called that will cause my app to ignore mouse clicks.
Thanks again for the reply.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

You could disable the Form. I would recommend you do

this in a try ...

finally block.

try
{
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
Enabled = false;

// Processing here
}
finally
{
Enabled = true;
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

The sample assumes this code is in a member of the Form.

Hope this helps

Chris Taylor
"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5e****************************@phx.gbl...

That is exactly what I am looking for. Just one thing,
after I turn the cursor into a wait cursor, is there a
way to disable all the controls (e.g buttons, textboxes) so that I can't click on anything, or do I have to
disable each control individually. Again , thanks for
the reply.

>-----Original Message-----
>Mike,
>
>Something along these lines:
>-------------
>Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
>// ... do processing
>Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
>-------------
>
>Is this what you were looking for?
>
>Regards,
>Alex
>
>
>"Mike" <mi*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0a****************************@phx.gbl...
>> Currently, when my application needs to write/read to a >> database, there is a time lag. In that time lag, a
user
>> can click the same button multiple times causing my app >> problems. I want to turn the mouse pointer arrow into an
>> hourglass and ignore mouse clicks until my app finishes >> working. Most commercial apps I've looked at do this. >> Is there an easy way to do this (ie. any built-in
>> controls in VS.NET or classes in MSDN)? Any
suggestions
>> and/or code samples would be greatly appreciated.
Thank
>> you for the reply.
>>
>> Mike
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>
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