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Wait Cursor with Text

Does anyone know of an wait-type cursor that can show text beside the
hourglass? I'd like to display status messages beside the hourglass while
not allowing the user to click anything...
Nov 21 '05 #1
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IMO they're pre made cursor files (.cur) you saw in applications.

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"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Does anyone know of an wait-type cursor that can show text beside the
hourglass? I'd like to display status messages beside the hourglass while
not allowing the user to click anything...

Nov 21 '05 #2
Gotcha. But know of any that might be available for use?

"Saber" wrote:
IMO they're pre made cursor files (.cur) you saw in applications.

--
Saber S.
http://maghalat.com
"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DB**********************************@microsof t.com...
Does anyone know of an wait-type cursor that can show text beside the
hourglass? I'd like to display status messages beside the hourglass while
not allowing the user to click anything...


Nov 21 '05 #3
There are many softwares for creating/editing cursor files, such as:
http://www.axialis.com/axcursors/
http://artcursors.com/
....

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Saber S.
http://maghalat.com
"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Gotcha. But know of any that might be available for use?

"Saber" wrote:
IMO they're pre made cursor files (.cur) you saw in applications.

--
Saber S.
http://maghalat.com
"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DB**********************************@microsof t.com...
> Does anyone know of an wait-type cursor that can show text beside the
> hourglass? I'd like to display status messages beside the hourglass
> while
> not allowing the user to click anything...


Nov 21 '05 #4
Okay, but what about programmatically setting status text to appear beside
(but part of) the cursor itself? Picture an hourglass cursor with text
appearing to the right indicating percentage done...

"Saber" wrote:
There are many softwares for creating/editing cursor files, such as:
http://www.axialis.com/axcursors/
http://artcursors.com/
....

--
Saber S.
http://maghalat.com
"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D**********************************@microsof t.com...
Gotcha. But know of any that might be available for use?

"Saber" wrote:
IMO they're pre made cursor files (.cur) you saw in applications.

--
Saber S.
http://maghalat.com
"Marty Cruise" <Ma*********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DB**********************************@microsof t.com...
> Does anyone know of an wait-type cursor that can show text beside the
> hourglass? I'd like to display status messages beside the hourglass
> while
> not allowing the user to click anything...


Nov 21 '05 #5

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