Show system "working" animation in NETCF

Question

I would like to programmatically show and hide the built-in "working" animation from Windows Mobile. I am talking about the rotating colored brushes you can see in the middle:

Yes, I know that I could make my own animation, but this would be completely satisfying.

Answer 1

Use

 Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;

to show the wait animation.

In most cases an

 Applications.DoEvents();

will help, if the cursor does not change immediately.