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==== close window button (OpenInsight Specific) ====
=== At 04 JAN 2002 11:33:29PM Glenn Bryant wrote: ===
 
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How can I disable the  X  at the top right of windows (next to the maximize button?  I want to force the user to go thru my closing routine as the only way to leave a window.  Thanks
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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:08AM Mike Ruane wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glenn-



Double-click on the window to see its properties.



Un-check the 'System Menu' checkbox.



Hope it helps-



Mike

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 09:51AM Glenn Bryant wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Mike, the 'System Menu' button being unclicked may disable the X  while you're still in the form designer, but as soon as I execute the window the  X  is back and alive and well.  Am I maybe doing something to cause it to reactivate?  Thanks for the help

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 11:22AM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glenn,



As an alternative you could just keep the X button active but have a scripted CLOSE handler that kept the window from closing, by doing a Return 0. The handler could also issue an explanatory message - tell the user what she had to do to get the window to quit.



But having said that - Mike's suggestion works here, with 3.61 on XP.



- Oystein -



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=== At 05 JAN 2002 11:29AM Glenn Bryant wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Thanks, Oystein.  I just tried your suggestion, having simply a script of RETURN 0 on the close event of the form, and I think it may solve my problems.  In spite of the system menu setting, the X is still active, but when I click on it it just ignores me.  Happy days.  I will follow up on displaying  a message to the user, but I think this takes care of my needs.  BTW, I'm running 3.7.2 on both Win98 and WinME and have identical reactions on both.

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 11:52AM Glenn Bryant wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Scratch the 'Happy Days' in the prior message.  Once I put a 'return 0' on the close event of the window, I can no longer close it with my close action either, which is a 'send_event' with CLOSE as the parameter.  So how do I get around this catch-22 situation?  Is there some way I can dynamically alter the script when I want to close the screen?

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:01PM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glenn,



So you did need the CLOSE event for other stuff (see my reply on the other list). Of course.



The CLOSE event has a flag. Use that flag when you send the CLOSE event - when you mean to close for real. Let the CLOSE handler check the flag and do a Return 1 if the flag is set, else do a Return 0.



- Oystein -



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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:06PM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glenn,



...something like this:



The handler where you want to close for real:



Stat=Send_Event( @Window, "CLOSE", 1 )



The CLOSE handler:



if CancelFlag then

RETURN 0

end else

RETURN 1

end



- Oystein -



	

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:11PM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Glenn,



Sorry - it should be the opposite:



The handler where you want to close for real:



Stat=Send_Event( @Window, "CLOSE", 1 )



The CLOSE handler:



if CancelFlag then

RETURN 1 /* go ahead and close window */

end else

RETURN 0 /* stop processing; window will not be closed */

end



What confused me is the name of the flag parameter. The docs call it the "cancelflag". It should rather be called "notcancelflag" or "notcancelCLOSEflag" or "doCLOSEflag".



- Oystein -



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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:44PM Glenn Bryant wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Oystein, thanks for that explanation - thats how I'll do it since it seems more in keeping with the overall structure.  In the intervening time, I had figured out that I could just set a parameter in the MISC property of the window and accomplish the same thing, but I like your way better. Thanks again.

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=== At 05 JAN 2002 12:51PM Oystein Reigem wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>You're welcome. Now if you could only pop over here and help me with some housework. :-)



- O -

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