One For the Gurus

I have a small app that runs with it's icon in the system tray (down by the clock). When you click on the icon it brings up a small form to with some preferences on it.

What I want to do is hook or subclass or do something to the "X-to-close" button on the form so that instead of actually closing the app it minimizes it (the user has an Exit option in the menu). I just want to prevent the user from actually closing the app when all he's trying to do is close the preference window.

I know I can just make the form without a control box, but that wouldn't be as cool.

Thanks, John

[Asaf_99]

Here it is, and by the way, not for gurus, believe me

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
'your code for making it in systray
End Sub

Hope that helps.

[Bob Baddeley]

You don't want to use form_unload because then you never can end the program because you end the program with form_unload. It's like initiating a loop. Anyway, what you want it QueryUnload.

Try this:

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
Cancel = 1
Me.WindowState = vbMinimized
End Sub

QueryUnload is activated when you press the X, so this just cancels and minimizes the form. Pretty simple.

bob

[Sam Finch]

This is one of those things that you'd think would be really hard, but it isn't.

try this

'This event fires when the user tries to unload the form
Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
'This instructs it not to unload
Cancel = vbCancel

'this minimises it
Me.WindowState = vbMinimized
End Sub

[Jop]

Just add some code to the Query_Unload from the Form and if the boolean isn't present, minimize the app. Like this.

Public CancelMe As Boolean

Private Sub mnuExit_Click
CancelMe = True
Unload_Me
End sub

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
If CancelMe = False Then
    'Cancel the window-unloading process
    Cancel = 1
    'Minimize the window
    Me.WindowState = 1
End if
End Sub

Hope it helped.

*wow* in the time I was posting/testing 4 people had replied, but still, I think my code is the best because you're still able to exit the prog via the menu.

btw, I'm no guru yet but I couldn't resist posting

[Edited by Jop on 09-06-2000 at 11:15 AM]

Looks like everyone loves a challenge

You guys are awesome. Thx all.