Change busy cursor

Question

Hi guys,
   I am trying to change app's busy cursor, but haven't been successful yet.  I have create a .swf file that work fine.  Next I tired the following code in my application init fuction
                var style:CSSStyleDeclaration = StyleManager.getStyleDeclaration("CursorManager");
if (!style) {
style = new CSSStyleDeclaration();
style.setStyle( "busyCursor", myBusyCursor );
StyleManager.setStyleDeclaration("CursorManager", style, false);
but this does not do anything.  I am using showbusycursor="true" on all my RPC calls, and some depending on the query could take a sec longer.  I just want to override the animated clock with my .swf through out the app.
Any pointer?  I have spend about a day and half but no luck.  I understand that CursorManager.setBusyCursor() will actually show the cursor, which is not what I want since I don't make a call to show busy cursor explicitly
Thank you
Jay

Answer 1

Hi,
Just override the default cursor after you call your process, then on complete clear the cursor.
The following example will set the cursor to a custom cursor, note that by setting the custom cursor the busy cursor will be over riden (in this particular case even if you try to set the busy cursor after the custom cursor).
David
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo" minWidth="1024" minHeight="768">
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.managers.CursorManager;
[Embed(source="sizeAll.gif")] public static var myCursor:Class;
private function modifyCursor(): void
//call a process here
this.cursorManager.setCursor(myCursor, 2, -10, -10);
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button x="72" y="49" label="Mod Cursor" click="modifyCursor()"/>
<s:Button x="72" y="89" label="Show Busy" click="this.cursorManager.setBusyCursor()"/>
<s:Button x="72" y="129" label="Remove Cursor" click="this.cursorManager.removeAllCursors()"/>
</s:Application>