Changing the cursor in ASP.NET while loading doesn't work without a JS alert

Question

I want to change the cursor to an hourglass in my asp.net application to let my users know that the process is running. I searched for an answer and was advised to use JavaS

Answer 1

Is it an Ajax-Webapp? Then you could use an UpdateProgress Control to show while the user is waiting till import finished.

Answer 2

How about this:

btnImport.Attributes.Add("onclick", "hourglass();");