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

Glenn-

Double-click on the window to see its properties.

Un-check the 'System Menu' checkbox.

Hope it helps-

Mike

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

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 -

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.

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?

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 -

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 -

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 -

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.

You're welcome. Now if you could only pop over here and help me with some housework.

- O -

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