Mouse pointers and Update/refresh

[Rob]

Two easy questions:

1. How can I change the mouse pointer to an hourglass while the application
it thinking like in VB?

2. How can I refresh the display in a textfield while in a loop. This
is for testing to see if something happens before closing, basically I want
to say 'you pressed the button' then exit. But you never see the text change
because that update seems to happen last. VB had a refresh method for the
form.

Thanks.

[Paul Clapham]

> 1. How can I change the mouse pointer to an hourglass while the
application
> it thinking like in VB?

SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
yourComponent.setCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR);
}
});

> 2. How can I refresh the display in a textfield while in a loop. This
> is for testing to see if something happens before closing, basically I
want
> to say 'you pressed the button' then exit. But you never see the text
change
> because that update seems to happen last. VB had a refresh method for the
> form.

SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
yourTextfield.setText("message");
}
});