Form_Closing

Hi,

I need to find out if the form is closed by control box or by code or by other means. Like in UnloadMode in VB 6.

In VB.NET there is no such thing as UnloadMode and MSDN tells me this.

Quote:

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If it is necessary to determine why the form is closing, you will need to create an overloaded version of the Closing event with custom code to determine the caller.

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Cheers.

OK I found this so far and if someone can help me find other constants which are for CloseButton, CloseBYCode and rest then it will be cool.

Thanks.

VB Code:

Const WM_ENDSESSION As Integer = &H16
Dim osexit As Boolean = False
 
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef e As Message)
        If (e.Msg = WM_ENDSESSION) Then
            osexit = True
            Application.Exit()
        End If
        MyBaseProc(e)
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
        If osexit Then
            'Not doing anything will let the application close
        Else
            e.Cancel = True 'This will cause the application to ignore the close & continue running
            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized 'Minimize the Window
        End If
End Sub

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i cant understand why you need to override ( even if it does say on msdn ) because if you click the X in the form's controlbox , or if you click a button telling a form to close, it will get handled by the Form_Closing sub, are you getting particular problems?

So you mean to say that the Closing event is only going to fire up when then X button is clicked but not when the form is closed by code.

Just a little confused. What I need to do is when the X button the clicked I need to hide the form in system tray rather than unloading it.

Cheers.

this is how i use the Form_Closing event ( when the X gets clicked ) , but will also work on say a command button.

VB Code:

[color=blue]Private Sub[/color] Form1_Closing([color=blue]ByVal[/color] sender [color=blue]As Object[/color], [color=blue]ByVal[/color] e [color=blue]As[/color] System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) [color=blue]Handles MyBase[/color].Closing
        [color=blue]If[/color] MessageBox.Show("do you want to save your changes before quiting", [color=blue]MyBase[/color][color=black].Name[/color], MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question) = DialogResult.Yes [color=blue]Then[/color]
            e.Cancel = [color=blue]True[/color]
        [color=blue]Else[/color]
            e.Cancel = [color=blue]False[/color]
        [color=blue]End If[/color]
    [color=blue]End Sub[/color]

I don't need any message box. It should straight go to the taskbar.

Cheers.

Try this, it will allow the user to really close the app if they want, otherwise you can lower it to the toolbar.

VB Code:

Dim fromButton As Boolean = False
 
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        fromButton = True
        Me.Close()
    End Sub
 
 
    Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
        If fromButton Then
            'If a person pushes a button on your form to really close it, then
            'you would really close the form.
            MessageBox.Show("The form is being closed by a button on the form.")
            e.Cancel = False
        Else
            'If a person is closing by the X up top right, then just lower the form
            'to the task bar.
            MessageBox.Show("The form is being closed another way.")
            e.Cancel = True
            'Do your code to lower the form to the task bar.
        End If
    End Sub

Thanks Guyz.

I just used this code and it works nice.

VB Code:

Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
    e.Cancel = True
    Show_In_Tray
End Sub

Cheers.