how to disable the close button??? 1

[jinglin]

When my users are using the Access application, some of them might exit the application by clicking on the Close button on the top right. How can I disable this button and let the users exit the application gracefully?

Thanks for your help

 

[hymn]

go into the properties and loook for close button and make it no

Hope this helps
Hymn

 

[RoyVidar]

The way I like to perform this, is described in mstrmage1768's faq faq702-1870.

Roy-Vidar

 

[RickSpr]

I think you're talking about the main window's close box, not a form's.

My method is somewhat like the FAQ RoyVidar mentioned. I open a hidden, empty form when the application starts up. This form has a Close event that calls my graceful shutdown code.

Rick Sprague
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[hymn]

RoyVidar
I like mstrmage1768's faq FAQ702-1870. that is simple but appears very effective, nice one

Hope this helps
Hymn

 

[jinglin]

Rick was right. I'm talking about the main window's close box, not the one on the form. I want to remove the 'x' for the application itself in the upper right corner. How can I make API calls to do it???

Thanks, all

Jinglin

 

[RoyVidar]

Thanx - yeah the simplicity and efficiency of it is something I really like!

Removing the x is mainly a visual thingie, and will not disable for instance ALT+F4, CTRL+F4, CTRL+W and other means of closing the app/last form on the app, which you'll probably also need to do. thread702-831433 has one suggestion and a link to a Microsoft solution.

Roy-Vidar

 

[RickSpr]

Here's an alternative which effectively disables the close box, as well as Alt+F4, Ctrl+F4, etc. It even prevents shutting down Windows or using the Task Manager to kill Access.

When the application starts, open a hidden, empty form which has the following in its Unload event procedure:

    Cancel = True
    MsgBox "Please use the 'Exit' button to end the application"

This avoids the messy API calls.

Rick Sprague
Want the best answers? See faq181-2886
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[jinglin]

Thanks, Roy-Vidar! It worked very nicely.