Disable the Close (X) button in a Word Document

[nochoice]

I would like to take thread707-567962 a little further.

Is it possible to disable the close button on a word document?

The reason I would like this is, there is a Macro I want to run before I exit my Word documents and by force of habit, I frequently hit the (x) and click save. I want to disable this.

Or maybe I need to reprogram my brain, but I think it will be easier to disable the close button.

Cheers,
NoChoice

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi nochoice,

I don't know if you can actually disable the [X], but if you set up an AutoExit (and/or an AutoClose) macro it will run when you exit Word (and/or a Document) and you should be able to do whatever you want to do. Look under "Auto Macros" in Help for details of how to set this up.

Enjoy,
Tony

 

[unica]

Hi nochoise,

There is a way to prevent the user to use the [x] to close a form. Put this sub in your code:

Private Sub UserForm_QueryClose(Cancel As Integer, CloseMode As Integer)

If CloseMode = vbFormControlMenu Then
'show the user a message
MsgBox "Please use the [Exit] button to close this form.", vbOKOnly, "Attention!"
Cancel = True
End If

End Sub

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Unica