[AccessD] Preventing App Shut Down and Pop Up Forms

A slight correction. You can't cancel the Close action on a form.

It is the Unload event that you need to cancel if the variable is false.

-- 
Stuart

On 18 Jun 2009 at 22:25, Max Wanadoo wrote:

> Yes Tony, you are quite correct here.
> You can also use this method to prevent the user from closing the last form
> (ie, the program) without the "permission" of the program.  You can probably
> guess how, but to spell it out, merely declare a variable in the form and
> set to false.  Don't allow the form to close while the variable is false.
> When all your "program requirements" have been met, set the variable
> (Boolean) to  true. Then when they try to close the form they can do so.
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: [AccessD] Preventing App Shut Down and Pop Up Forms
> 
> Hey All
> To those of you that use "CancClose" to prevent user's from closing the 
> application by clicking on  the application Close (X) icon in the upper 
> right hand corner of the screen.  Make sure when you open a subform to 
> turn the (assuming your parent form = Modal True ) parent form Modal = 
> False. When you close the subform turn the parent form Modal = True. 
> Works like a dream and the user cannot crash the program.
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