Yes, it did the trick. Thanks.

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>Michael, when the user presses the Enter key (any key) Windows hides the mouse cursor. Just move/activate the mouse cursor to make it reappear before changing the cursor shape.
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>MOUSE AT MROW("",3),MCOL("",3) PIXELS
>* then change the mouse pointer
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>I would also consider changing the mouse pointer for _SCREEN rather than just THISFORM mouse pointer.