I am using KiXtart v4.10 RC2 and KiXGUI v1.1 Build 42 to write a small utility that queries a remote workstation’s registry to ascertain the version of McAfee VirusScan installed. If the domain administrator deems an update is necessary then an upgrade can be initiated on the remote workstation without the user’s knowledge (BTW this will only work for NT, 2K, XP).

Now comes the problem, I am using the native ‘net view’ command to enumerate the network which obviously can take some time with remote domains. Ideally I would like to change the mouse pointer to an houglass and ignore any further mouse clicks within the application until the enumeration is complete. To the best of my knowledge, this functionality is not available in either KiXGUI or Kixforms, although it may exist and is simply not documented. Therefore, is it possible to change the mouse pointer using pure COM scripting? or am I talking complete rubbish [Wink] ; or could either Alex or Shawn add that functionality in a future release of their excellent Dlls?

BTW I did try popping up another dialog box, on top of the main window, with a ‘Please Wait …’ message, however it doesn’t stop the administrator from changing focus back to the main window underneath [Frown]

Any help would be much appreciated.

Rod.