"set cursor to busy" not working in revweb?

[Richard Miller]

Hi Jan,

I didn't create a formal report, but have sent several emails about this 
directly to Kevin. Hard to believe those wouldn't get to the proper 
place, but I probably should file this in the QC center as well.

Richard



Jan Schenkel wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> At the risk of sounding like a broken record: have you filed this in the Quality Control Center? I had a quick search for the words revlet and cursor (both together and apart), and couldn't find such a report.
> It only takes a minute to fill out a bug report, and the more information they have (example script or ven a complete example stack), the quicker they can find the underlying cause.
>
> The good news is: since the release cycle of the revWeb plug-in is separate from the revMedia/Studio/Enterprise IDE, this sort of corrections can be release separately in an incremental patch.
>
> But the best way to ensure the RunRev team tackles this, is to report each problem you encounter. And until they implement a fix, you can look for a workaround.
> In this case, you could disable controls, maybe overlaying everything with a white rectangle that has blendlevel 30, and on top of that a regular progress bar, or even an indeterminate progress bar image.
>
> Jan Schenkel.
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> --- On Sat, 11/14/09, Richard Miller <wow at together.net> wrote:
>   
>> Unfortunately, despite repeated
>> tries, I can't get an answer from Rev about this issue of
>> setting the cursor to busy in revweb. I don't know why they
>> would keep this info a secret and leave developers hanging
>> on such a fundamental matter, but that seems to be the
>> case.
>>
>> For now, I have to accept that this functionality won't be
>> available any time soon in revweb. Is this what other
>> developers are assuming as well? Obviously, I can build a
>> field or button that alerts the user when the program is
>> busy, but it's extra work I could do without.
>>
>> I'm not asking Rev to fix this now (though that would be
>> nice). I realize they have a lot on their plates. But I am
>> asking for information on this so folks like myself can take
>> appropriate action.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Richard Miller
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>     
>>> Richard Miller wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Cursors were included in the build.
>>>> Hard to believe a busy cursor can be considered
>>>>         
>> custom. 
>>     
>>> What I'm thinking is that the engine can't manipulate
>>>       
>> cursors at all (and I don't know how easy that is to do
>> within a browser.) So I suspect by "custom" they mean
>> anything that isn't the system cursor, which the browser
>> applies by default.
>>     
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