CWaitCursor issue

I managed to get something almost good :

Code:

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        HCURSOR normalCursor = GetCursor();
        HCURSOR waitCursor = ::LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_WAIT);
        HCURSOR waitCursorCopy = CopyCursor(waitCursor);
        cursorChange = SetSystemCursor(waitCursorCopy, 32512);

        // Init processing

        HCURSOR normalCursorCopy = CopyCursor(normalCursor);
        cursorChange = SetSystemCursor(normalCursorCopy, 32512);

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This displays the hour glass while processing but doesn't restore the original normal cursor despite all cursor handles being != 0 and SetSystemCursor returning TRUE.

If I replace the normalCursor handle by a cursor in the application resources it works.

Code:

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HCURSOR normalCursor = LoadCursor(IDC_MY_CURSOR);

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Any ideas ?

This is purely a guess and I may be wrong - but is it possible that CWaitCursor will only work when called from an object that's a window? CWinApp is not a window and this might be why you're having the problem. Try moving the call to somewhere more appropriate (e.g. OnInitDialog() if the app was dialog based).

As I said, I might be wrong but there's something ringing a bell in the back of my mind... :wave: