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How to disable the Close Button at Runtime.......??

Hi all,
I want to disable the Close button of my form during some function call in my code......
Something like this.....

call DisableCloseButton
call MyFunction
call EnableCloseButton

I have tried to use the enable property but it freezes the whole form which is not desireable.........

Imran Arshad

Jaime Olivares

Try with:

yourform.Controlbox=true

Jaime Olivares

Last example is to enable. To disable

yourform.Controlbox=false

Erick37

Hi,

Here is a code sample from MS which allows you to disable the close button during runtime:

How To Disable the Close Option on Control Menu of a VB Form
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q184/6/86.asp

Hope it helps!

imarshad

ASKER

Compilation Error.....
Function or interface marked as restricted, or the function uses an automation type not supported in VB....

Erick37

You cannot set the ControlBox property of a form in code. This is only available in design time.

imarshad

ASKER

Erick37,
What you have supplied is exactly what I want........Isn't there a simple way of doing it ? If none then I will give the points to you...........I am trying to write the DisableCloseButton and EnableCloseButton from the code you have suggested.....
I will ideally like to have these functions in a Module.......Can you help me in this regard ? My main form is Form1......

Imran Arshad

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imarshad

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Thanks for the help......

Imran Arshad