Disable / prevent document close, except through a userform.

[David Newman]

I'm looking to force the user to close the document through a userform,
rather than clicking the 'X'.
There's code out there (MVPs) that disables the 'X' for a userform, through
the API.
I haven't been able to successfully adapt it to the ActiveDocument.
If you have a solution, I thank you kindly!

 

[Russ]

If you are talking about a userform dialog and not a formfield in a
document, then one possibility is to use:
MyUserForm.Show

By itself, which by default doesn't show the form in a modeless mode. If the
form is not modeless, then no other parts of Word can be activated until the
form is closed.

Anyway, earlier versions of VBA can't make a userform modeless. (i.e. Word97
or MacWord)

 

[old man]

Hi,

You want to create a DocumentBeforeClose event and cancel the close and
then open the form that you want to use. For more info on creating the event
see:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/pseudoautomacros.htm

old man