remarknibor wrote: > I've been trying to alter the Notepad window like this: > > hwnd = GetForegroundWindow(); > LONG nOldStyle = GetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWL_STYLE); > LONG nNewStyle = nOldStyle & ~WS_CAPTION; > SetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, nNewStyle); > InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);
Actually, now that I think about it, your original assumption of using GetSystemMenu() and EnableMenuItem() was probably correct. Disabling the SC_CLOSE menu item has the side-effect of disabling the close button. HMENU MyMenu = GetSystemMenu(SomeHwnd, FALSE); EnableMenuItem(MyMenu, SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND | MF_GRAYED | MF_DISABLED); GetForegroundWindow() does not always return the window handle you expect and may even return NULL. Always check to make sure you have the right window handle by matching it with its process ID. NOTE: Fiddling with other processes in this manner may not be allowed. A simpler approach might be to simply restart Notepad if it is closed (i.e. the process handle becomes 'signaled') before the time is up. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
