How do I disable the close window button (the X) in the form's control box?

Hi All,

I was wondering if it is possible to only disable the Close Window (X) in the form's control box (in the title bar). I want to leave the resize/maximize buttons, but I don't want the user to be able to just close the form. Is this possible or am I dreaming for a simple way around user errors?
Any Ideas?


Thanks~
~goddess
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You can do it in code:
in the Unload_Form event, you can check for unloadmode
if it is 1 or 0 (I do not remember, you have to try) it means user has hit the X, otherwise, it means unloaded from code.
You can then set
cancel = true
to stop unload process.
Hope it helps
Cesare Imperiali

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

'here it is. Do not forget to put the commandbutton with the unload statement -' or to provide a way to unload...

Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
If UnloadMode = 0 Then
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub


Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

Thanks for the info, but I'm looking to DISABLE the button. I know how to handle the unload event when it is unwanted, but I would rather just disable the button altogether. Is it possible to just disable the button without turning off the control box?


Thanks~
~goddess
[email protected]

Here is how I do it. There are constants that tell you how VB is trying to be closed.

private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel as Integer, UnloadMode as Integer)

on error resume next

'//If App is Being Requested to Close From X Button Or Task Manager
'//then Don't Close. If Windows is Trying to Close It
'//then let It Close.
If (UnloadMode = vbFormControlMenu) Or (UnloadMode = vbAppTaskManager) then
'//Unload The App
Call Form_Unload(Cancel)
else
'//Cancel The Close Request And Exit Procedure
Cancel = true
Exit Sub
End If

End Sub





Kris
Software Engineer
Phoenix,AZ

Hi,
if you are lokking for the code to remove the X button, here it is.

Code:

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private Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400
  private Const MF_REMOVE = &H1000

  private Declare Function DrawMenuBar Lib "user32" (byval hwnd as Long) as Long
  private Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" (byval hMenu as Long) as Long
  private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (byval hwnd as Long, _
                  byval bRevert as Long) as Long
                 
  private Declare Function RemoveMenu Lib "user32" (byval hMenu as Long, _
                  byval nPosition as Long, byval wFlags as Long) as Long
public Sub RemoveX(frm as Form)

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' for completeness, you may want to confirm that the
' menuItemCount matches the value you expect before performing
' the removal. for example, on a normal form with a full
' system menu, menuItemCount will return seven.
'
' But what if your application is an MDI app and you want to
' disable the close button on the parent? Just pass
' MDIForm1.hwnd as the form hwnd parameter in the
' GetSystemMenu() call.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
   
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' Define local variables
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
  Dim hMenu as Long
  Dim menuItemCount as Long

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' Obtain the handle to the form's system menu
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
  hMenu = GetSystemMenu(frm.hwnd, 0)
 
  If hMenu then
     
    ' Obtain the number of items in the menu
      menuItemCount = GetMenuItemCount(hMenu)
   
    ' Remove the system menu Close menu item.
    ' The menu item is 0-based, so the last
    ' item on the menu is menuItemCount - 1
      Call RemoveMenu(hMenu, menuItemCount - 1, MF_REMOVE Or MF_BYPOSITION)
   
    ' Remove the system menu separator line
      Call RemoveMenu(hMenu, menuItemCount - 2, MF_REMOVE Or MF_BYPOSITION)
   
    ' Force a redraw of the menu. This
    ' refreshes the titlebar, dimming the X
      Call DrawMenuBar(frm.hwnd)

  End If
   
End Sub

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Here's the code that you want.

Code:

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option Explicit
private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (byval hWnd as Long, byval bRevert as Long) as Integer
private Declare Function DeleteMenu Lib "user32" (byval hMenu as Long, byval iditem as Long, byval wFlags as Long) as Integer
private Declare Function ModifyMenu Lib "user32" Alias "ModifyMenuA" (byval hMenu as Long, byval nPosition as Long, byval wFlags as Long, byval wIDNewItem as Long, byval lpString as Any) as Long

private Const SC_CLOSE = &HF060
private Const MF_BYCOMMAND = &H0
private Const MF_GRAYED = &H1

Sub Form_Load()
Dim hWnd as Integer, hMenu as Integer, Success as Integer, wFlags as Integer
Dim nPosition as Integer
Dim idNewItem as Integer
Dim s as string

    hMenu = GetSystemMenu(me.hWnd, 0)

    'to delete the item entirely, use this:
    'Success as long = DeleteMenu(hMenu as long, SC_MOVE, MF_BYCOMMAND)
   
    'to disable the menu item, use this:
      nPosition = SC_CLOSE
      idNewItem = -10
      s = "Close"
     
      wFlags = MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED
      Success = ModifyMenu(hMenu, nPosition, wFlags, idNewItem, s)
   
End Sub

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At least I am not the only one to miss the point....:-)
(but your code seems cleaner then mine!)

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

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Best regards
Cesare Imperiali

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

Sorry.

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.

Here's is some code will disable the 'X'. Just call the ChangeMenu sub and if the 'X' is disabled it will enable it and vice versa.
I disable the 'X' when someone is creating a new record or editing a record then enable it when they're finished.

Code:

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'Form Load
    Dim Ret as Long
    hMenu = GetSystemMenu(me.hwnd, 0)
    MII.cbSize = len(MII)
    MII.dwTypeData = string(80, 0)
    MII.cch = len(MII.dwTypeData)
    MII.fMask = MIIM_STATE
    MII.wID = SC_CLOSE
    Ret = GetMenuItemInfo(hMenu, MII.wID, false, MII)
   
    Call ChangeMenu

      'In general declarations of a form
      'Declarations.
      private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (byval hwnd as Long, byval bRevert as Long) as Long
      private Declare Function GetMenuItemInfo Lib "user32" Alias "GetMenuItemInfoA" (byval hMenu as Long, byval un as Long, byval b as Boolean, lpMenuItemInfo as MENUITEMINFO) as Long
      private Declare Function SetMenuItemInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SetMenuItemInfoA" (byval hMenu as Long, byval un as Long, byval bool as Boolean, lpcMenuItemInfo as MENUITEMINFO) as Long
      private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (byval hwnd as Long, byval wMsg as Long, byval wParam as Long, lParam as Any) as Long

      'Application-specific constants and variables.
      private Const xSC_CLOSE as Long = -10
      private Const SwapID    as Long = 1
      private Const ResetID  as Long = 2

      'Menu item constants.
      private Const SC_CLOSE      as Long = &HF060&

      'SetMenuItemInfo fMask constants.
      private Const MIIM_STATE    as Long = &H1&
      private Const MIIM_ID      as Long = &H2&

      'SetMenuItemInfo fState constants.
      private Const MFS_GRAYED    as Long = &H3&
      private Const MFS_CHECKED  as Long = &H8&

      'SendMessage constants.
      private Const WM_NCACTIVATE as Long = &H86

      'User-defined Types.
      private Type MENUITEMINFO
          cbSize      as Long
          fMask        as Long
          fType        as Long
          fState      as Long
          wID          as Long
          hSubMenu    as Long
          hbmpChecked  as Long
          hbmpUnchecked as Long
          dwItemData  as Long
          dwTypeData  as string
          cch          as Long
      End Type

      private hMenu as Long
      private MII  as MENUITEMINFO

Sub ChangeMenu()
          ' Enable/disable close button( disable during adding, editing, deleteing, creating reports)
          Dim Ret as Long

          Ret = SetId(SwapID)
          If Ret <> 0 then

              If MII.fState = (MII.fState Or MFS_GRAYED) then
                  MII.fState = MII.fState - MFS_GRAYED
              else
                  MII.fState = (MII.fState Or MFS_GRAYED)
              End If

              MII.fMask = MIIM_STATE
              Ret = SetMenuItemInfo(hMenu, MII.wID, false, MII)
              If Ret = 0 then
                  Ret = SetId(ResetID)
              End If

              Ret = SendMessage(me.hwnd, WM_NCACTIVATE, true, 0)
             
          End If
End Sub

private Function SetId(Action as Long) as Long
    Dim MenuID as Long
    Dim Ret as Long

    MenuID = MII.wID
    If MII.fState = (MII.fState Or MFS_GRAYED) then
        If Action = SwapID then
            MII.wID = SC_CLOSE
        else
            MII.wID = xSC_CLOSE
        End If
    else
        If Action = SwapID then
            MII.wID = xSC_CLOSE
        else
            MII.wID = SC_CLOSE
        End If
    End If

    MII.fMask = MIIM_ID
         
    Ret = SetMenuItemInfo(hMenu, MenuID, false, MII)
         
    If Ret = 0 then
        MII.wID = MenuID
    End If
    SetId = Ret
End Function

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Sorry, I am out of vote for today. I will rate your answer on friday, 26

Special thanks to Lothar "the Great" Haensler. Come back soon, you Guru.