Disable Exiting GUI

[Zari]

Hi,

Is there a way to prevent users from closing the GUI (the X in the top right corner)?

I would like to disable the X in the top right corner of the GUI.

Thanks

[GEOSoft]

This is an iffy question but I'm going to roll the dice and give you some info.

Set the window style to $WS_POPUP and then you don't even have the button. The other option is don't use $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE (or -3) on your code.

IIRC you can also do it by creating a Parent window and a child window with all the controls on the child then set the Parent to @SW_DISABLE once the child has loaded.

[Melba23]

Zari,

This disables the red [X] and the System Menu "Close" item:

#Include <GUIMenu.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate('MyGUI')
$hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_GetSystemMenu($hGUI)
_GUICtrlMenu_EnableMenuItem($hMenu, $SC_CLOSE, $MF_GRAYED, False)
;_GUICtrlMenu_EnableMenuItem($hMenu, $SC_MINIMIZE, $MF_GRAYED, False)
_GUICtrlMenu_EnableMenuItem($hMenu, $SC_MAXIMIZE, $MF_GRAYED, False)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

M23

[GEOSoft]

Nice one big M. I forgot about that file, although I'm still nervouse about people that want to start up an app and then not allow it to be closed. It can be used for good purposes or ...

[Melba23]

George,

I initially shared your misgivings, but I felt just greying the [X] while leaving the GUI visible was a reasonably valid question. Nowhere near the level of "How do I stop my process being closed?" - that would be a real flashing red light, complete with screaming sirens.

M23

[GEOSoft]

Ever had one of those popups saying "Your system is infected" and you can't close the damn thing?

I went to a site 2 days ago to get a simple image file. The only thing I saw was a warning that the system was infected and it was downloading a file to fix it (and IE was blocked from closing). NOT HAPPENING A**HOLE. Hello reset button. Then clear the TIFs and the temp folder