last I checked, this is what I found (in OOo version 1.3)
Mathias Bauer, whom we all love, responded. You can not set the mouse
pointer of a document window via UNO-API. VCL manages the mouse pointer
based on the window, not the top window. Any VCL window can have its own
mouse pointer set. If you want to change the mouse pointer of the
document window, you must access its XWindowPeer (not the peer of the
frame window), and this is not available in the API. Another problem
might be that OOo changes the mouse pointer internally and overrides
your setting.
Berend Cornelius provided the final response. Your Sub works fine with
any sub-window in your document. The following code refers to a control
in a document:
/*Listing 5.56: *Switch the mouse pointer for a control./
Sub Main
Dim oController
Dim oControl
Dim oDrawControl
GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.LoadLibrary("Tools")
oController = Thiscomponent.getCurrentController()
oDrawControl = ThisComponent.Drawpage().getbyIndex(0).getControl()
oControl = oController.getControl(oDrawControl)
SwitchMousePointer(oControl.getPeer(), False)
End Sub
This routine changes the mouse pointer when it is over the control, but
when the pointer is not over the control window it changes back. You
want a "Wait" function that places the pointer in a wait state but this
is currently not supported by the API.
It is my opinion that you can change it but not for all things.
oDoc.getCurrentController().getFrame().getContainerWindow().setPointer(...)
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