Microsoft KB Archive/258049

= ACC: How to Disable the Close Button (x) on the Access Application Window (95/97) =

Article ID: 258049

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258049



Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).



SUMMARY
Microsoft Access has no built-in method for disabling the Close button (x) on the application window or the Close command on the System menu of the application window. This article describes how to programmatically disable both of these elements.



MORE INFORMATION
In order to disable the application Close button and the Close command on the System menu, you must call the GetSystemMenu and ModifyMenu functions from the Win32 API.

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Step-by-Step Example
 Start Microsoft Access. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb. On the Insert menu, click Class Module.  Type or paste the following code into the Declarations section: Option Compare Database Option Explicit

Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _  ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function EnableMenuItem Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As _  Long, ByVal wIDEnableItem As Long, ByVal wEnable As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetMenuItemInfo Lib "user32" Alias _ "GetMenuItemInfoA" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal un As Long, ByVal b As _  Long, lpMenuItemInfo As MENUITEMINFO) As Long

Private Type MENUITEMINFO cbSize As Long fMask As Long fType As Long fState As Long wID As Long hSubMenu As Long hbmpChecked As Long hbmpUnchecked As Long dwItemData As Long dwTypeData As String cch As Long End Type

Const MF_GRAYED = &H1& Const MF_BYCOMMAND = &H0& Const SC_CLOSE = &HF060&   Add the following procedures to the class module: Public Property Get Enabled As Boolean Dim hWnd As Long Dim hMenu As Long Dim result As Long Dim MI As MENUITEMINFO MI.cbSize = Len(MI) MI.dwTypeData = String(80, 0) MI.cch = Len(MI.dwTypeData) MI.fMask = MF_GRAYED MI.wID = SC_CLOSE hWnd = Application.hWndAccessApp hMenu = GetSystemMenu(hWnd, 0) result = GetMenuItemInfo(hMenu, MI.wID, 0, MI) Enabled = (MI.fState And MF_GRAYED) = 0 End Property

Public Property Let Enabled(boolClose As Boolean) Dim hWnd As Long Dim wFlags As Long Dim hMenu As Long Dim result As Long hWnd = Application.hWndAccessApp hMenu = GetSystemMenu(hWnd, 0) If Not boolClose Then wFlags = MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED Else wFlags = MF_BYCOMMAND And Not MF_GRAYED End If   result = EnableMenuItem(hMenu, SC_CLOSE, wFlags) End Property  On the File menu, click Save Northwind (to save the project), and when you are prompted for the name of the class module, save it as CloseCommand.</li> On the Insert menu, click Module to create a new, standard module.</li>  Add the following procedure to the module: Function InitApplication Dim c As CloseCommand Set c = New CloseCommand 'Disable Close menu. c.Enabled = False End Function </li> On the Debug menu, click Compile Northwind. If the project is not compiled successfully, correct the compilation errors, and then compile the project again.</li> On the File menu, click Save Northwind, and use the default name that appears in the Module Name box by clicking OK.</li>  Create a new macro with the following actions and action arguments: <pre class="fixed_text">  Action ---  RunCode

Action Arguments ---  Function Name: InitApplication </li> Save the macro and name it Autoexec.</li> Close the database.</li> Reopen the database.</li></ol>

Note that the Close button and the Close command on the System menu of the application window are disabled.

Usage
The CloseCommand class module that is described in this article allows you to easily enable or disable the Close button and the Close command of the application window. The class module also allows you to check the state of these commands to determine if they are currently enabled or disabled. Before doing either of these, your code must first create an instance of the CloseCommand class, as demonstrated in the InitApplication function earlier in this article.

To check the state of the Close button, refer to the Enabled property of the CloseCommand instance that your code created. Likewise, to set the state of the Close button, assign True or False to the Enabled property of the CloseCommand instance that your code created.

Please note that this technique affects the Close button on the application window of Microsoft Access, not the Close button on the Database window. After disabling the Close button, the button is not automatically reenabled when your database closes. If the user closes the database and leaves Microsoft Access open, the user will not be able to quit Microsoft Access by using the Close button. In this case, your application should reenable the Close button before it terminates. Otherwise, the user will have to quit and restart Microsoft Access in order for the Close button to be enabled.

This technique does not disable the Exit command on the File menu. If your application needs to disable this command, you must customize the File menu to remove the Exit command.

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