NeEd HeLp

hey..im trying to make a message box that pops up when the user clicks on the X in the top right hand corner of the screen in the consol window....how would i write this?

Put your messagebox in your WM_CLOSE
like this :
case WM_CLOSE:
MessageBox(hwnd,....);


Hope this helps.
bye

If you mean a using a console app rahter than creating the window yourself, then you can create a HanderRoutine that captures the request to exit -

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

BOOL g_quit;

BOOL WINAPI HandlerRoutine( DWORD dwCtrlType)
{
        if(dwCtrlType==CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT)
        {
                MessageBox(NULL,"bye","Exit",MB_SYSTEMMODAL);
                g_quit=1;
        }
        return 1;
}

int main()
{
        SetConsoleCtrlHandler(HandlerRoutine,TRUE);
                while(!g_quit);

        return 0;
}

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k thx..where in the code would i make the message box appear.then when they press ok...it disapears but there still in the program...so basicly they CANT exit..(I aint evil.dont worry;) )

If you're making a win api
do not put PostQuitMessage (0); after your messagbox
like this:
case WM_CLOSE:
MessageBox(hwnd,"Text","Caption",MB_OK);
return 0;

If you are using ZEN's code, remove g_quit=1;

now you won't be able to exit your program (exept CTRL-ALT-DEL)


bye

Quote:

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If you are using ZEN's code, remove g_quit=1;

now you won't be able to exit your program (exept CTRL-ALT-DEL)

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I think this must depend on the o/s. On win2k it still gives me the option of closing the program.

If you want to be annoying and prevent somebody from exiting a console program without using CTRL-ALT-DEL/Task Manager then you can disable the close button and the close option in the system menu -

Code:

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#include <windows.h>


int main()
{
       
    SetConsoleTitle ( "test" );
        HWND hwnd = NULL;

    while ( NULL == hwnd )
        {
        hwnd = FindWindowEx ( NULL, NULL, NULL, "test" );
        }

        HMENU hmenu = GetSystemMenu ( hwnd, FALSE );
    DeleteMenu ( hmenu, SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND );
        while(1);

        return 0;
}

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>>I think this must depend on the o/s. On win2k it still gives me the option of closing the program

I also use win2k and it asked me if I wanted to end the program.
But this didn't work in debug mode.I could not end the program. I should have used the exe to test it. sorry for the wrong info