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  • Joe
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    Hourglass Cursor

    How can I control the cursor type in a webform - for instance I have a form that executes a function to retrieve rows from an oracle database and populate a grid with the results. I would like to have the cursor change to an hourglass at the beginning of the function and then return to normal at the completion of the function

    Thanks
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    • Marina
      #2
      Re: Hourglass Cursor

      2 things:

      1)Cursors are a strictly client side issue (since it is the user at the
      browser that sees that), and so a cursor can only be changed via client side
      code (which could be generated on the server)

      2)None of the client side code starts executing, until all of the server
      side code is done. Meaning, you can write code to generate javascript that
      will change the cursor - but that code will not be executed until all the
      server side code is done - including your database retrieval. At which point
      too late, as the database work is complete anyway.

      So in conclusion, there is no way to do what you want with the standard web
      form type of setup..

      "Joe" <Joseph.Montele one.B@Bayer.com > wrote in message
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      > How can I control the cursor type in a webform - for instance I have a[/color]
      form that executes a function to retrieve rows from an oracle database and
      populate a grid with the results. I would like to have the cursor change to
      an hourglass at the beginning of the function and then return to normal at
      the completion of the function.[color=blue]
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      > Thanks[/color]


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        • Cor
          #3
          Re: Hourglass Cursor

          Hi Joe,

          It depends on the type of control and the datagrid will be some work I
          think.

          However when it is a button you can add the needed javascript as Marina
          stated in attributes.

          The sample I always use is.

          TextBox1.Attrib utes("onblur") = "javascript:ale rt('Hello! Focus lost from
          text box!!');"

          I hope this helps a little bit?

          Cor



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            • Cor
              #4
              Re: Hourglass Cursor

              Hi Joe,

              It depends on the type of control and the datagrid will be some work I
              think.

              However when it is a button you can add the needed javascript as Marina
              stated in attributes.

              The sample I always use is.

              TextBox1.Attrib utes("onblur") = "javascript:ale rt('Hello! Focus lost from
              text box!!');"

              I hope this helps a little bit?

              Cor



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