Hide wait cursor in c#

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Hi guys,

I have an application in C# running in WM6. I use CeRunAppAtTime to launch my application every 10 min and I want to hide the wait cursor when loading.

I had this code in my start function:

[DllImport("coredll.dll")]

public static extern IntPtr SetCursor(IntPtr hCursor);



static void Main(string[] args)

{

IntPtr hOldCursor = SetCursor(IntPtr.Zero);

}


This make the cursor disappear when my application is running but I still have 2 seconds of cursor appearance when my application is loading.


It's a background application so I don't want the cursor appear at all.


Can anybody help?

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Up?

[nelo]

It is likely that the windows is responsible for the cursor you are seeing while your application is loading and you may not have control over that cursor while your application is still loading. The code you wrote only kicks in once your application has been loaded and is running. By the why do you keep launching the application every 10 minutes? Can't you keep the instance of the application alive for as long as you need to?

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It is likely that the windows is responsible for the cursor you are seeing while your application is loading and you may not have control over that cursor while your application is still loading. The code you wrote only kicks in once your application has been loaded and is running. By the why do you keep launching the application every 10 minutes? Can't you keep the instance of the application alive for as long as you need to?

Think you for your answer Nelo. Maybe I can make my application run as service. Do you know how to make service application on WM6?

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Help...

[nelo]

Have a look in MSDN for Windows Service Applications. I don't have any example ready that I can show you so you have to try it yourself. If you get a problem maybe you can put the code you're using in the post.

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I finally keep my application in memory and a make a Thread.Sleep(...).

Thinks you Nelo for your time.

[Heart_Crafter]

Hi guys,
I have an application in C# running in WM6. I use CeRunAppAtTime to launch my application every 10 min and I want to hide the wait cursor when loading.

I had this code in my start function:

[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr SetCursor(IntPtr hCursor);

static void Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr hOldCursor = SetCursor(IntPtr.Zero);
}

This make the cursor disappear when my application is running but I still have 2 seconds of cursor appearance when my application is loading.

It's a background application so I don't want the cursor appear at all.

Can anybody help?

i know this thread is kind of old but i'll still answer it since i just figured it out also...
on main sub or form load... before initilaize if exist...before your first code... add the following:

Thread.CurrentThread.IsBackground = True;
Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
Application.DoEvents();

doevents refreshes the thread and make CurrentThread.IsBackground work
this sets the app in the background process mode and you dont see any annoying wait coursor at startup :P