Kiosk behavior: that's exactly what I was looking for.  Many thanks Michael.

P.

On 5/14/06, Michael Rebar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/13/06 6:13 PM, "Peter K. Stys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I need to "take over" the Mac screen and disallow any user interaction
> until a password is entered (you might ask why not use OS X's login
> window? I want to have a timer that releases the lock at a certain
> time of day.  Can the OS do this?  I haven't seen.)
>
> I use FullScreen window and no menubar, so this takes care of
> mouseClicks and the Dock, and I intercept the app's cancelClose event
> so cmd-Q is disabled.  But the user can still cmd-tab to the Finder.
> Any idea on how to intercept all keyboard input, even cmd-tab, to
> completely take over the Mac screen and lock out the user?
> (option-cmd-esc to Force Quit is OK).
>
> Thx,
> Peter.

Search for 'kiosk mode' in the archives.

Drop on over to http://freaksw.com/development/realbasic/rb-classes.php for
one fine route to implementation. (Thanks, Seth.)

I use kiosk-like behavior for a couple of apps (Mac and Win).

Michael

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