Close button disabled

With the previous code, you would get the hwnd for every child window in the dialog.
After that, we check if hwnd belongs to a button and if caption is "Yes" or "No".
We need to send messages to that button, telling that it is pressed (you have to choose which one to click)
To send a message like that, check here:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/intrinsic/buttonpress.htm
and
http://www.vbweb.co.uk/scripts/print.php?id=34

One more thing: NOT USESTOP BUTTON from VB IDE!!!!!

Thank you very much for your help. I have to leave for the day but it looks like what you gave me will work great.

Thank you!

lauren

Don't know what just happened. I accepted your answer but it didn't post.

I have to leave for the day but it looks like what you gave me will work great.

Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response,
lauren

what code are you using.
Use the Remove Menu API:

Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DrawMenuBar Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RemoveMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Const MF_REMOVE = &H1000&

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim hSysMenu As Long, nCnt As Long
    ' Get handle to our form's system menu
    ' (Restore, Maximize, Move, close etc.)
    hSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(Me.hwnd, False)

    If hSysMenu Then
        ' Get System menu's menu count
        nCnt = GetMenuItemCount(hSysMenu)
        If nCnt Then
            ' Menu count is based on 0 (0, 1, 2, 3...)
            RemoveMenu hSysMenu, nCnt - 1, MF_BYPOSITION Or MF_REMOVE
            RemoveMenu hSysMenu, nCnt - 2, MF_BYPOSITION Or MF_REMOVE ' Remove the seperator
            DrawMenuBar Me.hwnd
            ' Force caption bar's refresh. Disabling X button
        End If
    End If
End Sub




And to close the window: use PostMessage API



Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function PostMessage Lib "user32" Alias "PostMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Const WM_CLOSE = &H10
Const gcClassnameMSWord = "OpusApp"
Const gcClassnameMSExcel = "XLMAIN"
Const gcClassnameMSIExplorer = "IEFrame"
Const gcClassnameMSVBasic = "wndclass_desked_gsk"
Const gcClassnameNotePad = "Notepad"
Const gcClassnameMyVBApp = "ThunderForm"
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    Dim WinWnd As Long, Ret As String, RetVal As Long, lpClassName As String
    'Ask for a Window title
    Ret = InputBox("Enter the exact window title:" + Chr$(13) + Chr$(10) + "Note: must be an exact match")
    'Search the window
    WinWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, Ret)
    If WinWnd = 0 Then MsgBox "Couldn't find the window ...": Exit Sub
    'Show the window
    ShowWindow WinWnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL
    'Create a buffer
    lpClassName = Space(256)
    'retrieve the class name
    RetVal = GetClassName(WinWnd, lpClassName, 256)
    'Show the classname
    MsgBox "Classname: " + Left$(lpClassName, RetVal)
    'Post a message to the window to close itself
    PostMessage WinWnd, WM_CLOSE, 0&, 0&
End Sub


This worked for me, i used all border styles:
0 - None
1 - Fixed Single
2 - Sizable
3 - Fixed Dialog
4 - Fixed Toolwindow
5 - Sizable Toolwindow
And set ShowInTaskbar = True and False for all of them


Im using Windows XP Pro.
No SP1, hope this works for you.

thank you tWiZtEr I will give that a try as well