MDI Child Forms and the Closing Event

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  18 years ago

  by Michael H

  Michael H

  Chicago, USA, United States

  Joined 19 years ago

  How do keep a child form from closing while still
  allowing the MDI window to close?
  

  
  I've been using a Closing event on the child form,
  but it seems that the closing event also ends up
  happening for the MDI form also.
  

  
  The only code in the event is:
  e.Cancel = true;
  

  
  any ideas?
  

  
  thanks,
  - Mike
  

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  18 years ago

  by Michael H

  Michael H

  Chicago, USA, United States

  Joined 19 years ago

  If anyone has a better way, please tell me.
  

  
  How I was able to do it was to just override WndProc
  and handle the WMCLOSE message myself.
  And WMCLOSE is only happening for the MDI
  window.
  

  
  I still have the Closing event though.
  

  
  I certainly hope there's a better way.
  

  
  

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