WindowSelectionChange cursor flicker

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john - 29 Jun 2007 17:50 GMT

I have added a WindowSelectionChange event handler in Office 2007, and
noticed that when I use the arrow keys, the mouse cursor will flicker. In
other words, the cursor will alternate from the wait cursor to the I-Beam
cursor when I hold down one of the arrow keys.

I found this happens even if I have an empty WindowSelectionChange subroutine.

Any ideas on why this happens or what can be done about it?

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Russ - 30 Jun 2007 03:33 GMT

> I have added a WindowSelectionChange event handler in Office 2007, and
> noticed that when I use the arrow keys, the mouse cursor will flicker. In
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> Any ideas on why this happens or what can be done about it?

Even an empty WindowSelectionChange subroutine is telling MSWindows to watch
for that event. Delete the whole WindowSelectionChange subroutine to get
back to normal. A faster computer might make things less noticeable.

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Russ - 30 Jun 2007 05:45 GMT

Another thing you can try is put the command DoEvents in your empty
WindowSelectionChange subroutine. DoEvents allows MsWindows Operating System
to take care of tasks that are queued for execution before returning to the
VBA subroutine. Please report whether that helped.

>> I have added a WindowSelectionChange event handler in Office 2007, and
>> noticed that when I use the arrow keys, the mouse cursor will flicker. In
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> for that event. Delete the whole WindowSelectionChange subroutine to get
> back to normal. A faster computer might make things less noticeable.

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