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raj - 10 Mar 2008 17:10 GMT

While system is processing, how to display a "processing" symbol
(e.g. like an hour-glass symbol in Windows), so that the User knows
the System is processing the user's request

my code is in java,when i am downloading a page on clicking a link i
need to show the user that the page is getting downloaded .

can anyone suggest me on this.

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Jeff Higgins - 10 Mar 2008 17:25 GMT

> While system is processing, how to display a "processing" symbol
> (e.g. like an hour-glass symbol in Windows), so that the User knows
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> can anyone suggest me on this.

Describes some techniques:
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/progress.html>

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RedGrittyBrick - 10 Mar 2008 20:04 GMT

I've used this ...
component.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
...
component.setCursor(null);
where component might be your top-level JFrame for example.

I encapsulated this in a class that keeps track of busy threads so that
I can manage cursor state for a JFrame depending on the state of
multiple overlapping (in time) busy threads.

You can of course have different cursors for different areas of your GUI
by using setCursor on separate components or containers.

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Roedy Green - 10 Mar 2008 22:51 GMT

>While system is processing, how to display a "processing" symbol
>(e.g. like an hour-glass symbol in Windows), so that the User knows
>the System is processing the user's request

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/cursor.html
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

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