Just the form closing or application closing?

[**Developer**]

I've been looking but can't find out how in a form Closing event to know if
the closing is because the form's "X" had been clicked or the main form's
"X" was clicked.

That is, I need to know if just the form is closing or the application is
closing.

Do you know how to tell?


Thanks

[tomb]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

**Developer** wrote:
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>I've been looking but can't find out how in a form Closing event to know if
>the closing is because the form's "X" had been clicked or the main form's
>"X" was clicked.
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>That is, I need to know if just the form is closing or the application is
>closing.
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>Do you know how to tell?
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I had this same puzzle - I just set a global flag when the program is
closing, so the form can check it.

Tom
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>Thanks
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[AMercer]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

> I had this same puzzle - I just set a global flag when the program is[color=blue]
> closing, so the form can check it.[/color]

I do the same thing. In simple apps, it doesn't matter much. But with
several forms and/or several threads and/or several open resources, you are
kind of fixed. An-app wide shutting down flag seems like the simplest
solution.

[AMercer]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

> How do you set the flag.

I set it in the main form's closing event handler.
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> I believe the other form's Closing event occurs before the main form's
> closing event.[/color]

In my apps, if I close the main window, its closing event fires first,
shutdown is indicated, and then secondary windows close. If I close a
secondary window, its closing event fires, but nothing else happens.

[**Developer**]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

I'm working on a MDI app.

It has forms that are non-MDI child and some that are.

The non-MDI child work as you say but the child always closes first.

You said "shutdown is indicated."

How do you check that?

Maybe I can use that somehow.

Thanks


"AMercer" <AMercer@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:E3B98387-665B-4894-901A-3EF46D7DD2F7@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue][color=green]
>> How do you set the flag.[/color]
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> I set it in the main form's closing event handler.
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>> I believe the other form's Closing event occurs before the main form's
>> closing event.[/color]
>
> In my apps, if I close the main window, its closing event fires first,
> shutdown is indicated, and then secondary windows close. If I close a
> secondary window, its closing event fires, but nothing else happens.
>[/color]

[AMercer]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

> I'm working on a MDI app.

No experience with mdi. Perhaps events fire differently?
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> You said "shutdown is indicated."
> How do you check that?[/color]

In a public module, declare the shutdown flag, something like:

Public Module SomeNameYourCho ice
Public AppIsShuttingDo wn As Boolean = False
End Module

In the main form's closing event:

AppIsShuttingDo wn = True

In other places that need to know if the app is shutting down or not:

If AppIsShuttingDo wn Then
' whatever you want if shutting down
Else
' whatever you want if not shutting down
Endif

[**Developer**]

Re: Just the form closing or application closing?

Thanks
I knew how to do that.
I was hoping one of the Closing event arguments had a clue or maybe the
Application class did.
I had looked but couldn't find anything.

Thanks again


"AMercer" <AMercer@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:C0DC6487-6D86-44B1-9379-C312B01EF746@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue][color=green]
>> I'm working on a MDI app.[/color]
>
> No experience with mdi. Perhaps events fire differently?
>[color=green]
>> You said "shutdown is indicated."
>> How do you check that?[/color]
>
> In a public module, declare the shutdown flag, something like:
>
> Public Module SomeNameYourCho ice
> Public AppIsShuttingDo wn As Boolean = False
> End Module
>
> In the main form's closing event:
>
> AppIsShuttingDo wn = True
>
> In other places that need to know if the app is shutting down or not:
>
> If AppIsShuttingDo wn Then
> ' whatever you want if shutting down
> Else
> ' whatever you want if not shutting down
> Endif
>[/color]