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 run a backgroundworker to retrieve this data. I want to display the wait cursor until this data is retrieved. How would I do this?

I've tried setting the wait cursor before calling the backgroundworker to run. When I report a progress of 100 then I set it back to the default cursor. The wait cursor comes up but when I move the mouse it disappears.

Environment:

• Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
• VS2010 C# .NET 4.0
• Windows Forms

EDIT: I am setting the cursor the way Jay Riggs suggested. It only works if I don't move the mouse.

**UPDATE: I have created a button click which does the following: When I do the button click and move my mouse, the wait cursor appears regardless if I move my mouse or not.

void BtnClick()
{
  Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
  Thread.Sleep(8000);
  Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

If I do the following: I see the wait cursor and when I move the mouse it disappears inside the form. If I move to my status bar or the menu bar the wait cursor appears.

Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
if (!backgroundWorker.IsBusy)
{
  backGroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
}

void backGroundWorkerDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
  Thread.Sleep(8000);
}

void backGroundWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
  Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}

If I do the following: The wait cursor appears and when I move the mouse it still appears but will sometimes flicker off and on when moving in text fields.

if (!backgroundWorker.IsBusy)
{
  backGroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
}

void backGroundWorkerDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
  UseWaitCursor = true;
  Thread.Sleep(8000);
}

void backGroundWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
  UseWaitCursor = false;
}