Displaying wait cursor in while backgroundworker is running

Question

During the start of my windows application, I have to make a call to a web service to retrieve some default data to load onto my application. During the load of the form, I

Answer 1

You should use the BGW's RunWorkerCompleted event to set your cursor back to the default.

EDIT:

Set your cursor to wait by calling this code before starting up your BGW:

this.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;

Reset your cursor in the BGW's RunWorkerCompleted event by:

this.Cursor = Cursors.Default;