Add a dummy PostThreadMessage and PeekMessage call to help inform Windows tha...

chrome/app/chrome_dll_main.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // TODO(port): the ifdefs in here are a first step towards trying to determine
 // the correct abstraction for all the OS functionality required at this
 // stage of process initialization. It should not be taken as a final 
 // abstraction. 
 
 #include "build/build_config.h"
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       char* error_buff;
       int error = sandbox_init(kSBXProfilePureComputation, SANDBOX_NAMED,
                                &error_buff);
       if (error)
         exit(-1);
 #endif
     }
   }  
 }
 
+void CommonSubprocessInit() {
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+  // Initialize ResourceBundle which handles files loaded from external
+  // sources.  The language should have been passed in to us from the
+  // browser process as a command line flag.
+  // TODO(port): enable when we figure out resource bundle issues
+  ResourceBundle::InitSharedInstance(std::wstring());
+
+  // HACK: Let Windows know that we have started.  This is needed to suppress
+  // the IDC_APPSTARTING cursor from being displayed for a prolonged period
+  // while a subprocess is starting.
+  PostThreadMessage(GetCurrentThreadId(), WM_NULL, 0, 0);
+  MSG msg;
+  PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
+#endif
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 DLLEXPORT int __cdecl ChromeMain(HINSTANCE instance,
                                  sandbox::SandboxInterfaceInfo* sandbox_info,
                                  TCHAR* command_line) {
 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
 int ChromeMain(int argc, const char** argv) {
 #endif
   RegisterInvalidParamHandler();
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 #ifdef NDEBUG
   if (parsed_command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kSilentDumpOnDCHECK) &&
       parsed_command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableDCHECK)) {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     logging::SetLogAssertHandler(ChromeAssert);
 #endif
   }
 #endif  // NDEBUG
 
-  if (!process_type.empty()) {
-#if defined(OS_WIN)
-    // Initialize ResourceBundle which handles files loaded from external
-    // sources.  The language should have been passed in to us from the
-    // browser process as a command line flag.
-    // TODO(port): enable when we figure out resource bundle issues
-    ResourceBundle::InitSharedInstance(std::wstring());
-#endif
-  }
+  if (!process_type.empty())
+    CommonSubprocessInit();
 
   startup_timer.Stop();  // End of Startup Time Measurement.
 
   // TODO(port): turn on these main() functions as they've been de-winified.
   int rv = -1;
   if (process_type == switches::kRendererProcess) {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     rv = RendererMain(parsed_command_line, target_services);
 #endif
   } else if (process_type == switches::kPluginProcess) {
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   _Module.Term();
 #endif
 
   logging::CleanupChromeLogging();
 
   return rv;
 }