CraigLazar
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Need to get rid of X on Screen
Hi
Is there a way i can hide the X on the top left hand corner of my form. I found in the form properties to hide minimise and maximise but i also need to get rid of the close mark X
thanx
Craig
Is there a way i can hide the X on the top left hand corner of my form. I found in the form properties to hide minimise and maximise but i also need to get rid of the close mark X
thanx
Craig
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There are a few problems with Caraf Q's code.
It doesn't work with MDI Forms and there are it messes up other menu items.
(For example Move doesn't work)
This code works for me.
Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu _
Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal bRevert As Long) _
As Long
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 Declare Function GetMenuItemID _
Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, _
ByVal nPos As Long) _
As Long
Private Const MF_BYCOMMAND = &H0&
Private Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Private Const MF_GRAYED = &H1&
Public Sub DisableCloseMenu(frmIn As Form)
Dim lngResult As Long
Dim lnghMenu As Long
Dim lnghItem As Long
' get handle to form's system menu
lnghMenu = GetSystemMenu(frmIn.hwnd, 0)
' get handle to the 6th item (Close)
lnghItem = GetMenuItemID(lnghMenu, 6)
' gray out this item
lngResult = ModifyMenu( _
lnghMenu, _
lnghItem, _
MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED, _
-10, _
"Close")
End Sub
It doesn't work with MDI Forms and there are it messes up other menu items.
(For example Move doesn't work)
This code works for me.
Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu _
Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal bRevert As Long) _
As Long
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 Declare Function GetMenuItemID _
Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, _
ByVal nPos As Long) _
As Long
Private Const MF_BYCOMMAND = &H0&
Private Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Private Const MF_GRAYED = &H1&
Public Sub DisableCloseMenu(frmIn As Form)
Dim lngResult As Long
Dim lnghMenu As Long
Dim lnghItem As Long
' get handle to form's system menu
lnghMenu = GetSystemMenu(frmIn.hwnd, 0)
' get handle to the 6th item (Close)
lnghItem = GetMenuItemID(lnghMenu, 6)
' gray out this item
lngResult = ModifyMenu( _
lnghMenu, _
lnghItem, _
MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED, _
-10, _
"Close")
End Sub
Thanks chengman, it's always good to get improvements on one's code.
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Thanx allot for the help from everyone
MCrider had it perfect
thanx again
Craig
MCrider had it perfect
thanx again
Craig
Thanks for the points! Glad I could help!
Cheers!
Cheers!
If you don't want that,
(thanks to Dalin)
Try
Option Explicit
Public Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400
Public Const MF_REMOVE = &H1000
Public Declare Function DrawMenuBar Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function RemoveMenu Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, _
ByVal nPosition As Long, _
ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long'--end block--'
Form Code
To test, add the following into a command button. Shown here is the code called from the form's Load sub:
Option Explicit
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim hMenu As Long
Dim menuItemCount As Long
'Obtain the handle to the form's system menu
hMenu = GetSystemMenu(Me.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(Me.hwnd)
End If
End Sub