Thanks Kris. I'm checking out that site now.
Meanwhile I found an answer below in the ASP.NET forum in response to ChrisTheProgrammer's "Make the mouse pointer an hourglass". I tried it and it works. Also, after the click event of the button that calls the web service is complete, the pointer automatically goes back to normal! I don't understand that, but it works.
millerk (Programmer) Jul 15, 2002
I have a button named cmdReport. In my aspx.vb file's Page_Load sub I put this :
cmdReport.Attributes("onclick"

= "javascript: hourglass();"
Then in the <HEAD> of my .aspx file I put this:
<script language="javascript">
function hourglass()
{
document.body.style.cursor = "wait";
}
</script>
Works great for me and it's simple.
Shanti