Application.UseWaitCursor Property (System.Windows.Forms)

.NET Framework Class Library

Application..::.UseWaitCursor Property

Gets or sets whether the wait cursor is used for all open forms of the application.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Property UseWaitCursor As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As Boolean

value = Application.UseWaitCursor

Application.UseWaitCursor = value

public static bool UseWaitCursor { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
static property bool UseWaitCursor {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

JScript

public static function get UseWaitCursor () : boolean
public static function set UseWaitCursor (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true is the wait cursor is used for all open forms; otherwise, false.

Remarks

When this property is set to true, the UseWaitCursor property of all open forms in the application will be set to true. This call will not return until this property has been set on all forms. Use this property when you have a long-running operation, and want to indicate in all application forms that the operation is still processing.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

Application Class

Application Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace