Wait cursor problem

From: FET (bilaribilari_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 23:39:41 -0800

Hi all,
I am using JDK 1.4.2 and have a JFrame which pops up a dialog to do
some lengthy processing. I am using

    this.getGlassPane().addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter() {});
    this.getGlassPane().setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
    this.getGlassPane().setVisible ( true ) ;

as suggested by some article at JavaWorld. But its not working. It
works as long as there is no JDialog popping over it. But as soon as a
JDialog pops over it, the cursor doesn't change at all.

Also, if I click a button on the dialog (thats popped up), the cursor
"sometimes" changes, but if I hit 'Enter' on the text fields of the
dialog (thats popped up), the cursor does not change, it remains the
same as 'I'.

Many posts (dated 1999) also say that the bug has been fixed, but I
can't see it working. Please tell me how to solve this since it is a
major usability issue.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.