I have a VB application with several tabs in it. When I am doing a process on one of those tabs, I am changing the mouse pointer to an Hourglass MP. But I am still able to click on other tabs. That is creating problems. How do I prevent the user from clicking on other things when the MP is hourglass? Does the mousepointer have a property which lets me do that?

Thanks,
krithi20

hi krithi20

when u start a process then disable the tab control, and enable it again when the process finishes

Ashu

well, the problem is that if i disable the tab control then the whole form is disabled and the mousepointer goes back to vbDefault..and is no longer houglass.

Thanks,
krithi20

hi there...

how are you disabling the tabs that disable all the form???

you can disable the tab control and the rest of the form can be enabled...

HTH

Gonzalo

Well, the structure in this form is a little different. Its not the regular tab control that we are using here. Its a seperate component, which is tied to the my form placed on the main form. Soif I disable the tab then my form(which is on top of the main form) gets disabled too.

Thanks,
krithi20

this looks like an interesting project. Can yoy clarify these points for me please?

Its a seperate component [do you mean a UserControl? a ActiveX?], which is tied [what do you mean with "tied"?] to the my form placed on the main form [we have two forms here, why so? why do you have a form "placed" on another form? What does "placed" mean?]. So if I disable the tab then my form (which is on top of the main form) gets disabled too [??? what are you disabling here? a tab? myForm? the main form?].

well, the problem is that if i disable the tab control then the whole form is disabled and the mousepointer goes back to vbDefault..and is no longer houglass. [if you set Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass the it stays so even though the form is disabled]

HTH
Marco