[RESOLVED] Easy close form question (i think!)

[Kimmy4]

Hi guys,

This is probably a really easy question to answer but i can't seem to find the answer for myself! lol

I'm using .net cf and i was just wondering whether there was an event that captured if the x at the top right hand corner of a form has been tapped to close a form? I have tried using the forms closed and closing but neither of them are fired when the x is clicked.

Thanks in advance for any help

[stimbo]

I don't know if this is in the CF but is how i would do it in full version

Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) _
    Handles Me.FormClosing
 
        If e.CloseReason = CloseReason.UserClosing Then
 
 
        End If
 
    End Sub

[Kimmy4]

Thanks for the quick reply, but closereason isn't available in the compact framework.

Thanks anyways

[shakti5385]

Private Sub MainForm_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
               If MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to exit the application?", "Confirm Exit", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Question) = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then
            'Don't let the form close.
            e.Cancel = True
            Exit Sub
 
        End If
    End Sub

[stimbo]

Does that distinguish between the different reasons for exiting though?

I mean, Kimmy might want to exit the application without them having the chance to cancel the process although i guess you could have a boolean value and use it to differentiate who exactly is doing the closing....

[Kimmy4]

The reason i want to capture this isn't to close an application.

What i have is a little message system and i have an inbox with some labels that have the sender and subject of a message. Now when the user clicks on a label it brings up another form with the full message on and i have to menu options, one to delete or reply to the message and another to close the message. Now if the user clicks the close menu option then a procedure is called to mark the message as read and do some other stuff and i want the same thing to happen when the x is clicked at the top of the screen so i need to capture that event and i cant find anythin that ONLY handles that.

I hope this makes things a little clearer. If you do need anymore information then just ask and i'll provide what you need.

Thanks again

[Half]

Is this 2005 or 2003?

[Kimmy4]

2005.....sorry thought i'd specified!

[Half]

The closing event fires in the CF, but you are not getting it because the form is not closing. I am sure you know that, but just as a reminder, the X button of a form does not close it - it minimizes it.

The OK button closes it, to use it instead of the X, set the form's MinimizeBox property to false. It is counterintuitive but it's the default. I always close my forms instead of minimizing them in order to save resources.

Now to answer the question, the minimize event is actually the Deactivate event. If you have an X use:

    Private Sub Form1_Deactivate(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Deactivate

        MessageBox.Show("Minimizing")

        ''stop it from minimizing or do whatever you need
        'Me.Activate()
    End Sub

If you have an OK, the closing event will fire.

    Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing

        MessageBox.Show("Closing")

        ''stop it from closing
        'e.Cancel = True

    End Sub

[Kimmy4]

Yeah i was aware that it minimizes it which is why i knew i couldn't use the closing or closed events. I think my best option is to just set the controlbox to false to make sure that they do always use the close menu option at the bottom of the screen.

Thanks everyone for their input