I've got what appears to be a wierd problem with the MousePointer. I have a process that may take a noticeable amount of time so before I run the process, I set the MousePointer to 11 (Hourglass). After the process is complete, I set it back to the default.

Sounds simple enough. However, when I compiled and ran the application, the pointer never appeared to change - even though there was about a minute or so between the time that I set it and the time that I reset it. So I used the old debugging standby: I placed a MessageBox immediately after the statement where I set the MousePointer property to make sure it was being set. Here's the strange result that I get:

Code runs.
The MessageBox displays the value of the MousePointer setting (which is 11).
Code execution at this point is suspended because the MessageBox is modal.
As I move the mouse around the form, the cursor changes back to the default arrow shape - even though code execution is suspended.

Now, I thought that perhaps there was code running the background that reset the MousePointer property. I DO, in fact, have a timer control running on the form. However, I double-checked and there is no code within the timer control that affects the MousePointer in any way.

So I'm a bit confused. Does anyone know of any background events that FoxPro could be firing on its own that might affect the mouse pointer? I am, of course, retracing my code to see if there is any inkling of something that I'm doing that could affect it, but no luck so far. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

John