I have a C# windows form, it has a XNA Graphicsdevice withing the pictureBox. The problem I am having is that when I press the close button, it closes the Form, but the graphicsDevice is still running. I am trying to set up a way where if the close button has been pressed and if it has, it closes the entire application.
I created a method that checks the closes reason and if it's based on the user close it would shut down the application. The problem is, is that I don't know how to call upon this method in the windowsform.cs class.
void ClosingEvent(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.UserClosing)
{
Application.Exit();
}
}
Process.GetCurrentProcess().Kill();
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I have a separate windows form for user to select background music and it will always stay there unless the application is closed. I prevented the user from closing the music form by using the code:
private void Music_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
e.Cancel = true;
}
and in my main Program.cs i run a page called login like so:
Application.Run(new Login());
I also have a FormClosed event in all my forms that closes the whole program after pressing the cross
private void Login_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
However, after i add the code that the user is not able to close the music form, my application is only able to exit by pressing the cross when it is in the login page, which is the start of the program ran by the main page (the application used to be able to exit in all of my forms by pressing the cross)
I want to know if there is any way for me to properly exit my application or a way to make user not able to close the music form without affecting my other form's closing. Thank you
The code inside Music_FormClosing is preventing your application from exiting. To get the desired behavior (prevent the user closing the music form), you can utilize the FormClosingEventArgs CloseReason property:
private void Music_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.UserClosing)
e.Cancel = true;
}
This is probably going to be a standard question. I have read lots of articles on this but none point out the issue i am having specifically.
I am developing a WinForm and have a "Main Menu" form that is loaded on startup. Within this main are several buttons which open up individual modules (other forms) of the program.
I can open up the form no problem and can close it and re-show the main form no problem. The problem lies when a user hits the (X) in the control box, the application doesnt exit because the main form is still there, but hidden. I know that i could put an application.exit() in the close event of the form. However, then if i have a button that closes the form and wants to unhide the main form, the application will close due to the formclosing event.
Can someone help me understand this principle. I dont think it should be as hard as it seems to me and i dont really want to use Panels.
Thanks in advance.
-Joseph
the following code solved the issue based on the answer provided below
private void btnHome_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form f1 = Application.OpenForms[0];
f1.Visible=true;
this.Close();
}
private void frmCostControlMain_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
Form f = Application.OpenForms[0]; // The main form
if (f.Visible==true)
{
f.BringToFront();
}
else
{
Application.Exit();
}
}
You can check the Application.OpenForms and see whether some non-hidden forms other than the current form are around. If you only want to check the main form, you can check Application.OpenForms[0]. Since it was opened first, it will always be at index 0. From memory:
Form_Closed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form f = Application.OpenForms[0]; // The main form
if (f.Visible) {
f.BringToFront();
} else {
Application.Exit();
}
}
When the close button is clicked you would first unhide the main form and then close the current form.
I still don't understand your question, but I guess you could use the
Application.Exit().
You should then check the arguments of your FormClosed event.
The Close reason is as follows:
Click on [X]:
CloseReason = UserClosing
Application Exit:
CloseReason = ApplicationExitCall
You could then handle it properly
private void Form1_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.ApplicationExitCall)
{
//Application.Exit();
}
else if (e.CloseReason == CloseReason.UserClosing)
{
//[X] was pressed
}
else
{
//Many other reasons
}
}
I guess there is a much cleaner way of handling your problem. If you provide a bit more details, I think someone would be able to help you along.
I have a game application in which when the game form is closed, a main menu always pops up.. therefore, all the application is supposed to stop running when a user closes the main menu form. I am trying to handle the Form_Closed event for the main menu and do Application.Exit() however this doesn't seem to work even if all the forms are closed, the application is still running and I have to stop it manually.
This is the code I have in Game Form and Main Menu Form regarding closing:
IN GAME FORM:
private void GameForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
DialogResult dialogResult = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to close this game?", "Exit Game", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
if (dialogResult == DialogResult.Yes)
{
this.Hide(); // hide the Game Form
}
else if (dialogResult == DialogResult.No)
{
e.Cancel = true; // cancel form closure
}
}
private void GameForm_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
menu.Show();
}
AND IN MAIN MENU FORM:
private void MainMenu_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
Am I doing something wrong, or is there something I should add for this to work?
Do you have any threads running?
Your application won't exit before all the threads are finalized unless you set them "background thread"
Considering that you are talking about gaming application, you make use of external resources or some game engine. Before exit from application, make sure you free/dispose/clean-up resources you used in your app.
For example to keep track of open handles may use Handle
I want to hide my form while keeping my application running in background.
I've used notifyIcon and it remains always visible.
I've used "this.Hide();" to hide my form but unfortunately my application gets close (no exception).
I am also using threading and this form is on second thread.
Please tell me how can I solve it.
I am also using threading and this form is on second thread.
My crystal ball says that you've used ShowDialog() to show the form. Yes, calling Hide() on a modal dialog will close it. Necessarily so, a modal dialog normally disables all of the windows in the application. If you hide it then there's no way for the user to get back to the program, there are no windows left to activate. That this form runs on another thread otherwise doesn't factor into the behavior.
You'll need to call Application.Run(new SomeForm()) to avoid this. Now it isn't modal and you can hide it without trouble. But really, do avoid showing forms on non-UI threads. There's no reason for it, your main thread is already quite capable.
add the following event handlers for form resize and notify icon click event
private void Form_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
{
this.Hide();
}
}
private void notifyIcon_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Show();
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}
but this is not close you application
What is the best way to disable Alt + F4 in a c# win form to prevent the user from closing the form?
I am using a form as a popup dialog to display a progress bar and I do not want the user to be able to close it.
This does the job:
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
e.Cancel = true;
}
Edit: In response to pix0rs concern - yes you are correct that you will not be able to programatically close the app. However, you can simply remove the event handler for the form_closing event before closing the form:
this.FormClosing -= new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventHandler(this.Form1_FormClosing);
this.Close();
If you look at the value of FormClosingEventArgs e.CloseReason, it will tell you why the form is being closed. You can then decide what to do, the possible values are:
Member name - Description
None - The cause of the closure was not defined or could not be determined.
WindowsShutDown - The operating system is closing all applications before shutting down.
MdiFormClosing - The parent form of this multiple document interface (MDI) form is closing.
UserClosing - The user is closing the form through the user interface (UI), for example by clicking the Close button on the form window, selecting Close from the window's control menu, or pressing ALT+F4.
TaskManagerClosing - The Microsoft Windows Task Manager is closing the application.
FormOwnerClosing - The owner form is closing.
ApplicationExitCall - The Exit method of the Application class was invoked.
I believe this is the right way to do it:
protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.CloseReason)
{
case CloseReason.UserClosing:
e.Cancel = true;
break;
}
base.OnFormClosing(e);
}
Note that it is considered bad form for an application to completely prevent itself from closing. You should check the event arguments for the Closing event to determine how and why your application was asked to close. If it is because of a Windows shutdown, you should not prevent the close from happening.
You could handle the FormClosing event and set FormClosingEventArgs.Cancel to true.
I am using a form as a popup dialog to display a progress bar and I do not want the user to be able to close it.
If the user is determined to close your app (and knowledgeable) enough to press alt+f4, they'll most likely also be knowledgeable enough to run task manager and kill your application instead.
At least with alt+f4 your app can do a graceful shutdown, rather than just making people kill it. From experience, people killing your app means corrupt config files, broken databases, half-finished tasks that you can't resume, and many other painful things.
At least prompt them with 'are you sure' rather than flat out preventing it.
This is a hack to disable Alt + F4.
private void test_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (this.ModifierKeys == Keys.Alt || this.ModifierKeys == Keys.F4)
{
e.Cancel = true;
}
}
Subscribe FormClosing event
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
e.Cancel = e.CloseReason == CloseReason.UserClosing;
}
Only one line in the method body.
This does the job:
bool myButtonWasClicked = false;
private void Exit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
myButtonWasClicked = true;
Application.Exit();
}
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (myButtonWasClicked)
{
e.Cancel = false;
}
else
{
e.Cancel = true;
}
}
Would FormClosing be called even when you're programatically closing the window? If so, you'd probably want to add some code to allow the form to be closed when you're finished with it (instead of always canceling the operation)
Hide close button on form by using the following in constructor of the form:
this.ControlBox = false;