I apologize for posting without doing a little more looking around. I see that David Frankenbach has posted the answer:

_screen.MousePointer=99
_screen.MouseIcon="c:\windows..\whatever.ani"

Thanks.

>How do I change the cursor to a busy state? Example, one form launches another, DO FORM form1. I would like the cursor to change to an hourglass ASAP, and then restore when form1 is actually up (the end of the init() or activate()).
>
>I've tried using the Win32 API as per MSKB, but find the samples buggy. I've also tried setting Thisform.MousePointer=11 in the form load, and then restoring later, but this is no good either.