X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4292.66.75.158.4.1182031749.squirrel@www.wingert.org> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: -mwindows and hour glass From: "Christopher Wingert" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Identified-User: {1006:host16.hostmonster.com:wyngnutc:wyngnut.com} {sentby:program running on server} Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com I am trying to write a small program that does not pop up a window. I found the -mwindow option. It does not pop up a window, but while the program is running explorer shows the hour glass busy cursor until the application ends. I am assuming that explorer is waiting for a window to appear. Is there a way to signal explorer that my program is running? Thanks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/