Preventing use of the "X" to close an fP application

[Richard Kreiss]

Top Post,

I gather that you are not running this on Window7 as it no longer has the console.

Richard Kreiss

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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of George Simon
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 5:11 PM
> To: Ian Wood
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Preventing use of the "X" to close an fP application
> 
> I use a utility called ConsoleNoClose.exe supplied by Uwe Sieber - www.uve-
> sieber.de
> 
> Description: Disables the X button and removes the close menu item of all
> console windows when they become active.
> 
> Only way to exit filePro when this utility is in use is through the task manager.
> 
> 
> George Simon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Wood [mailto:iwood51 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:45 PM
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Preventing use of the "X" to close an fP application
> 
> Windows 2008 Server
> filePro 5.07
> 
> We use a free utility called NoClose which disables the 'X'
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 9/3/2013 3:06 PM, Coleman, Don wrote:
> > > I seem to remember postings from a number of years ago,
> > > modifications that could be made within Windows, to prevent a user
> > > from exiting an fP application (Windows) via clicking the "X" in the
> > > upper right corner of the application window.  I believe there was
> > > some modification which caused the "X" to not be displayed.  Anyone
> remember same?
> >
> > There is no official way of disabling the "X" in a console window that
> > I an aware of.  However, filePro does handle the notification that
> > Windows sends to console apps, and treats it similarly to the *nix
> > Ctrl-\ (SIGQUIT) signal, and exits cleanly.
> >
> > --
> > Kenneth Brody
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