Disable switching.

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How to make MFC 6.0 dialog application such that user cannot do these tasks until it terminates.
1. Switch to any other application.
2. Open task manager.
3. Open start menu my pressing win key.
In other words, user must not be able to lose focus from that application and do any other task.

Posted 20-Oct-10 20:17pm

Shah Rukh Qasim

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Solution 1

You need to hook the keyboard key When ever your application start.

this link help you to disable window key.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216893[^]
check another example.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/ForTheKids.aspx[^]

Posted 20-Oct-10 20:33pm

GAJERA

Solution 3

As a general rule, always remember that it's your software, but it is not your computer: what you are going to do is avoiding the owner of the computer to do what he wants on it! Probably the most of people will dislike a feature like that!

Posted 20-Oct-10 22:47pm

Sauro Viti

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Shah Rukh Qasim 21-Oct-10 9:27am

I am not selling my application, just developing it for me and my computer.

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Emilio Garavaglia · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-20T21:27:00

Solution 2

... humm... I don't want to be the user of your app, in case something will go wrong with it!
You eliminated all the chances to return in the control of my system!

The correct way is to make the dyalog System-Modal (see the WS_SYSMODAL style)

It will do what you asked (but allows Ctrl-Alt-Delete, in case something goes wrong)

Posted 20-Oct-10 21:27pm

Emilio Garavaglia

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Shah Rukh Qasim 21-Oct-10 9:31am

Yeah, it works. I will rename taskmangager application to some other name on application's startup and restoring it's name on exit. Many thanks.

Emilio Garavaglia 22-Oct-10 7:55am

DON'T DO THAT! if a bug in your application will make the user loosing control of it, there will be no chance to have back a working system. There are even possible legal troubles if a user is unable to recover by himself: he will say you modify his system without consensus, and you will be responsible of what, for the law, is nothing more than an information system attack.
Remember: for the current law, you don't own the system that run your application!