Preventing fileProGI screen minimizing

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From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Wiltsie
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:13 PM
To: filePro Mailing List
Subject: Preventing fileProGI screen minimizing

I have a customer running fileProGI on 5 touch-screen PCs for a time and
attendance entry program from an SCO OpenServer system.  Some are running
with Windows XP Pro and one new one has Windows 7 Pro.  Normally everything
is fine.  

Some of the users on the Windows 7 system seem to think it is appropriate to
minimize the fPGI window.  This is a problem because this application is
running on a touch-screen PC with no mouse or keyboard and the Task Bar is
set to disappear off the bottom of the screen.
These things are set this way so the users won't mess with the PC.
However, when the fPGI is minimized, it 'disappears' from the screen and the
users can only get back to the program by double clicking (touch
touch) the fPGI icon (the only icon on the screen), if they remember to do
it.  

I would really like to prevent them from being able to minimize the fPGI
window - without breaking their fingers.  Is there a good way to do that via
a setting in fPGI or Windows itself?

Thanks,
Steve Wiltsie

I seem to recall that Ken had responded to an inquiry like this a few years
ago.

I am not sure if this is correct but, I think, that you would have to create
a logon script with commands which would "grey out" the minimize button.
Again I am not sure that Windows allows for such granular control.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

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