XL97: Preventing UserForm from Being Dismissed with Close Button

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you run a UserForm, a close button is added to the upper-right corner of the UserForm window. To prevent a user from closing the UserForm with the Close button, use the QueryClose event of the UserForm.

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1. Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

4. Draw a CommandButton control on the UserForm.

5. Double-click the CommandButton to open the Code window for the UserForm.

6. In the module type the following code:

         Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
            Unload Me
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub UserForm_QueryClose(Cancel As Integer, CloseMode As _
         Integer)
            If CloseMode = vbFormControlMenu Then Cancel = True
         End Sub
   
   

7. Run the UserForm.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the QueryClose event, click the Office Assistant, type "queryclose" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view the "QueryClose Event" topic.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Excel Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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