Identifier: web_cursor

Type

cursor

Description

The window cursor displayed while waiting for internet communication to complete, to show that the system is busy. It is shown in the following situations:

During communication with a database or channel remote web service.

During execution of an internet download command (httpget, httppost).

Since the system is in a wait state, a static (not animated) cursor is typically used for this purpose.

Note: The cursor is not used when communicating with the internet within a web window, since this is controlled by a browser sub-process.

At system startup its value is null, i.e. undefined. When it is undefined, no cursor is displayed.

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