Showing a "Please wait..." window / Changing mouse cursor to hourglass

Can one of the following be done using javascript:
1) Show a "Please wait" window (when using synchronous SOAP requests) with the ability to "hide" it
2) Change the mouse cursor to hourglass
I went over the JS API and found nothing, any ideas?

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Thank you!!
EDIT:
I have tried the following:
void *run_optimization( void ^ptr );
void *run_optimization( void ^ptr )
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Hi Shu!
It runs in windows. I am using Visual Studio 2010 (and I can't use another version) which still doesn't have the threads integrated as I have read. So I am using POSIX threads for windows.
Regarding the other question, I don't really know what either of those (.net framework library or native API) mean. I am sorry but I am really new at this and really don't know much but I am doing my best because I have to get this done.
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I am trying to change mouse cursor inside a thread
for a graphical program so that the GUI does not
freeze while new image is calculated and shown on the
main frame.What does the mouse cursor have to do with your lack of multithreading and you doing all the work in the AWT thread?
I have the below code. It works altough
not the way it should. Forexample, when I press
accelarator keys to show an image (ctrl+D) I see
strange characeters on the frame and they disappear
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