Prevent Cursor from Changing from default

A2K

I have a workbook that needs people's signatures. I can get the
signatures okay and I have it set up so that when a person clicks on a
circle, their signature will appear in the appropriate place. However,
I would like to insure that no one can use someone else's signature so
I would like to hide the circle in a different place on the screen for
each signature. Then I would tell each person only where their circle
is located.

The slight problem that I have is that when any person is moving the
cursor around the spreadsheet if they come to the circle (even though
it is hidden - using white color), the cursor changes form from an
arrow to a hand (link select). Is there a way to prevent a cursor from
changing form while on a spreadsheet?

Thanks,

Charles D Clayton Jr

I don't think you can prevent the cursor from changing.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"cdclayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> A2K
>
> I have a workbook that needs people's signatures. I can get
> the
> signatures okay and I have it set up so that when a person
> clicks on a
> circle, their signature will appear in the appropriate place.
> However,
> I would like to insure that no one can use someone else's
> signature so
> I would like to hide the circle in a different place on the
> screen for
> each signature. Then I would tell each person only where their
> circle
> is located.
>
> The slight problem that I have is that when any person is
> moving the
> cursor around the spreadsheet if they come to the circle (even
> though
> it is hidden - using white color), the cursor changes form from
> an
> arrow to a hand (link select). Is there a way to prevent a
> cursor from
> changing form while on a spreadsheet?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles D Clayton Jr
>

Hi Charles,

You can set the cursor to display only the arrow with the following,
Application.Cursor = xlNorthwestArrow

To set it back to normal behaviour use the following,
Application.Cursor = xlDefault


> it is hidden - using white color

If you used the .Visible property to hide the circles, you wouldn't have to
change their color, and the xlDefault cursor icon would no longer "give away"
their location. It is worth trying to keep the cursor property set to
xlDefault, as it's context sensitive nature is quite useful.


Regards,
Vic Eldridge




"cdclayton" wrote:

> A2K
>
> I have a workbook that needs people's signatures. I can get the
> signatures okay and I have it set up so that when a person clicks on a
> circle, their signature will appear in the appropriate place. However,
> I would like to insure that no one can use someone else's signature so
> I would like to hide the circle in a different place on the screen for
> each signature. Then I would tell each person only where their circle
> is located.
>
> The slight problem that I have is that when any person is moving the
> cursor around the spreadsheet if they come to the circle (even though
> it is hidden - using white color), the cursor changes form from an
> arrow to a hand (link select). Is there a way to prevent a cursor from
> changing form while on a spreadsheet?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles D Clayton Jr
>
>

Thanks for the replies and sorry in being so long in my response but
how do you hide the circle. It is called oval1

Thanks,

Charles D Clayton Jr

Vic -

Sorry to jump in - is this a macro you're talking about? I'm really curious
about this process, and I appreciate that you know how to address it!

I have very little success with writing macros (and think it's needlessly
complicated), so I am most interested in how to solve this problem.

Mark

"Vic Eldridge" wrote:

> Hi Charles,
>
> You can set the cursor to display only the arrow with the following,
> Application.Cursor = xlNorthwestArrow
>
> To set it back to normal behaviour use the following,
> Application.Cursor = xlDefault
>
>
> > it is hidden - using white color
>
> If you used the .Visible property to hide the circles, you wouldn't have to
> change their color, and the xlDefault cursor icon would no longer "give away"
> their location. It is worth trying to keep the cursor property set to
> xlDefault, as it's context sensitive nature is quite useful.
>
>
> Regards,
> Vic Eldridge
>
>
>

> how do you hide the circle. It is called oval1

ActiveSheet.Shapes("oval1").Visible = False

The next thing you'll probably need to know is how to deal with multiple
shapes. The following should give you some ideas.

Sub AllShapes()
Dim shp As Shape
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
MsgBox shp.Name
Next shp
End Sub



Regards,
Vic Eldridge


"cdclayton" wrote:

> Thanks for the replies and sorry in being so long in my response but
> how do you hide the circle. It is called oval1
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles D Clayton Jr
>
>

> is this a macro you're talking about?
Yes.

> think it's needlessly complicated
Excel's object model is one of the most complicated in existence. That's the
price we pay for such a powerful and flexible computing environment.

> I am most interested in how to solve this problem.
To what problem are you referring ?


Regards,
Vic Eldridge



"Brainless_in_Boston" wrote:

> Vic -
>
> Sorry to jump in - is this a macro you're talking about? I'm really curious
> about this process, and I appreciate that you know how to address it!
>
> I have very little success with writing macros (and think it's needlessly
> complicated), so I am most interested in how to solve this problem.
>
> Mark
>
> "Vic Eldridge" wrote:
>
> > Hi Charles,
> >
> > You can set the cursor to display only the arrow with the following,
> > Application.Cursor = xlNorthwestArrow
> >
> > To set it back to normal behaviour use the following,
> > Application.Cursor = xlDefault
> >
> >
> > > it is hidden - using white color
> >
> > If you used the .Visible property to hide the circles, you wouldn't have to
> > change their color, and the xlDefault cursor icon would no longer "give away"
> > their location. It is worth trying to keep the cursor property set to
> > xlDefault, as it's context sensitive nature is quite useful.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vic Eldridge
> >
> >
> >

Thank you for your time and help.

Charles D Clayton Jr