Flex - Timer event changes cursor

Question

I have a timer event that updates certain things in my app (from a PHP Service) every 5 seconds. Every time this timer ticks, it makes the cursor blink to a clock and then back to the arrow. Since this is happening every 5 seconds, it gets pretty annoying. Is there a way for me to prevent the cursor from changing when the timer ticks?

UPDATE: I've figured out a work-around by setting a custom cursor with high priority (I just made a .png with a cursor in it). This works, but the cursor doesn't seem to move as smoothly as normal. Anyone know of a better solution?

Answer 1

I'm repeating my comment as an answer since it solved your issue, and adding a bit of detail. When you use the Data Connection wizard the default flag for showBusyCursor is "true" in order to prevent it you need to change this setting to "false".

I'm not sure what the FB4 wizard builds since I'm still using FB3, but if it's similar to the mxml httpService you just need to find the service in the .mxml file and you will see that attribute.

Now repeat after me. "All programmers make silly mistakes, especially when we are using new languages, I am no more of a moron than any other programmer" If, in a year, you look back on your code and don't say to yourself "what was I thinking" then you're probably doing something wrong.