Visual Basic, How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4

How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4

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Robert Rams #1 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Is there a way to disable the windows shortcut keys ie: Alt+Tab or Ctrl+ESC or F1, I want all keystrokes out side of my application suspended. My program will run as a display in a public location, I need keyboard input from the public, but I do not want them to have access to windows. Thanks in advance Rob
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Jens Balchen J #2 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: >Is there a way to disable the windows shortcut keys ie: Alt+Tab or >Ctrl+ESC or F1, I want all keystrokes out side of my application >suspended. Is this Win95 or Win3.1x? Win3.1x: Use the SetSysModal API on your form. Make sure you remove and set it when another form is to be loaded. -- VB Info: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/visual.htm FAQ: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/faq.htm Knowledge Base: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/kb.htm
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Robert Rams #3 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Snip Quote: >Is this Win95 or Win3.1x? Sorry I forgot to mention, Win 95 and I can not find a SetSysModal 32 API AHHHHH!!!!!!!! What am I to do!!!!!!!!!! I could just risk it, but the program will be runnning on at least 10 computers at 10 different locations. Rob
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Jens Balchen J #4 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: >>Is this Win95 or Win3.1x? >Sorry I forgot to mention, Win 95 and I can not find a SetSysModal 32 >API No wonder, it's not implemented. Quote: >AHHHHH!!!!!!!! What am I to do!!!!!!!!!! Is it possible to make your app the shell in Win95? -- VB Info: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/visual.htm FAQ: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/faq.htm Knowledge Base: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/kb.htm
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Joe Garri #5 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: >Sorry I forgot to mention, Win 95 and I can not find a SetSysModal 32 That's because there isn't one. From the SDK: The SetSysModalWindow function is not implemented in the Win32 API. The new input model does not allow for System Modal windows. Joe Never underestimate the power of a WAG. http://www.citilink.com/~jgarrick
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Robert Rams #6 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 <<<Snip>>> Quote: >Is it possible to make your app the shell in Win95? I do not know how to make it the "shell" Please tell me more. BTW :- I have been able to control some keyboard functions by using SetWindowPos and SetForegroundWindow and SetActiveWindow but this is very unreliable. Some applications and dialog boxes will not cooperate. This is fairly easy to control by not installing problem programs on the system. This may be my only option; to make the installation so limited that nothing can cause a problem. But Win95 well that is still an issue. Rob
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Jens Balchen J #7 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: >>Is it possible to make your app the shell in Win95? >I do not know how to make it the "shell" Please tell me more. In Windows 3.1, you had a setting in SYSTEM.INI that referred to which app being started as the shell. The shell is equal to the functions of Program Manager (it's the standard shell). When you modified the setting in SYSTEM.INI, you could use your own app as the shell. Since you need Program Manager to run other apps, you could control the entire system. I don't know how Win95 handles this, but some poking in the registry might be worth wile. -- VB Info: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/visual.htm FAQ: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/faq.htm Knowledge Base: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/kb.htm Programmers do it in 16 bit
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Peter Gavi #8 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: > >>Is it possible to make your app the shell in Win95? > >I do not know how to make it the "shell" Please tell me more. > In Windows 3.1, you had a setting in SYSTEM.INI that referred to which app > being started as the shell. The shell is equal to the functions of Program > Manager (it's the standard shell). When you modified the setting in > SYSTEM.INI, you could use your own app as the shell. Since you need Program > Manager to run other apps, you could control the entire system. > I don't know how Win95 handles this, but some poking in the registry might > be worth wile. Win95 has the same setting for shell in Win.ini. But after the shell ends, you have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del and select shut down. I dunno why... Have you ever had your system crash and all you see is the wallpaper? Explorer is the shell for win95, and if it crashes, it ends without stopping windows, so you have to hit c-a-d... Pete P.S. Programmers do it in 16-bit? What about 32-bit?
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Jens Balchen J #9 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 Quote: >Win95 has the same setting for shell in Win.ini. But after the shell >ends, you have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del and select shut down. I dunno why... Maybe because the Shell didn't send "I'm quitting, so you'd better leave too" to Windows? Quote: > Have you ever had your system crash and all you see is the wallpaper? I don't use Win95. He he. Quote: >Explorer is the shell for win95, and if it crashes, it ends without >stopping windows, so you have to hit c-a-d... That's why I have this clock of mine on screen. If Program Manager goes down, I simply activate the clock and press F2. Voila, Exit Windows and restart. Quote: >P.S. Programmers do it in 16-bit? Some of them, yes. Quote: >What about 32-bit? Don't you think that would be too exhausting? (never tried, but maybe it hurts?). -- VB Info: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/visual.htm FAQ: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/faq.htm Knowledge Base: http://www.sn.no/~balchen/vb/kb.htm
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

Robert Rams #10 / 10	How to Disable windows shortcut keys??? vb4 <<<SNIP>>> Quote: >> >>Is it possible to make your app the shell in Win95? >Program Manager (it's the standard shell). When you modified the setting in >> SYSTEM.INI, you could use your own app as the shell. Since you need >Program Manager to run other apps, you could control the entire system. >Win95 has the same settings But after the shell >ends, you have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del and select shut down. I dunno why... > Have you ever had your system crash and all you see is the wallpaper? >Explorer is the shell for win95, and if it crashes, it ends without >stopping windows, so you have to hit c-a-d... This Works!!!!!! I now have total control over the system. However I did have to remove TaskMan.exe to disable the Ctrl ESC function. and I will have have to call an API to end windows on exit of the program, but that is what I wanted Thank All --Rob http://www.iag.net/~rhr3rd/ Orlando, FL
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 03:00:00 GMT

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