Restrict users from changing windows.

[PieMan]

Does anyone know how i can restric users from changing windows when my GUI is running?

Thanks.

[martin]

Does anyone know how i can restric users from changing windows when my GUI is running?

Thanks.

You could create a gui but don't show it. Then get a list of all the windows you don't want anyone to use and set them to have the hidden gui as their parent. They will disappear of the face of the earth. You just have to make sure you set them back to their original parents before your script closes or they will all die when your script ends.

There is an example here, and probably a few others could be found.

Another way you could do it is to take a screen shot of the whole screen, and use that for the background image of a popup window that is also the size of the sccreen, disable the popup window maybe. Then run your gui and set that to be on top. Then the user can click on the other "windows" all he likes but it won't do anything.

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
#include <guiconstantsEx.au3>
#include <windowsconstants.au3>

; Capture full screen
;but don't capture mouse
_ScreenCapture_Capture ("screen1.jpg", 0, 0, @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight, False)

$fake = GUICreate("fake", @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP)
$Img = GUICtrlCreatePic("screen1.jpg", 0, 0, @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight)

;show but without flickering
WinSetTrans($fake, "", 0)
GUISetState()
WinSetTrans($fake, "", 255)

;now the gui which is in sole control
$gui = GUICreate("real")
GUISetState()
WinSetOnTop($gui, "", 1)

While GUIGetMsg() <> -3
    If Not WinActive($gui) Then WinActivate($gui);Line A

WEnd

But this means the other windows won't be showing their correct states if these should change after your script starts, and maybe LineA is all you need.

Edited June 16, 2009 by martin

[PieMan]

Cheers for the Code Martin. Worked like a charm!!!