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[XurF9M]

Hi,

I have a console application that requires users to exit via menu options. unfortunately it also has an 'x' control on the window that will close it(!).

Is there a way to monitor mouse clicks and disable input if the mouse cursor is over that window? Perhaps with MouseGetPos and BlockInput?

Thanks

[heresy]

[sinkfaze]

Here's an untested idea.

If your "X" button is like mine it changes colors when the mouse hovers over it, so use SetTimer to create a timed PixelSearch of the area of color in the horizontal center of the "X" button (those colors IMO are the most distinctively different between when the mouse hovers over them and when it doesn't). If it finds the color which is only present when the mouse is hovering over it, it disables the left mouse button; when it stops finding that color it returns the button to its normal function.

You can use Window Spy or toralf's AHK Window Info utility to pick out the specific hex code for the color when highlighted (it will also help you locate a narrower range of pixels to search for the color). If you do attempt this make sure to establish a hotkey that will disable the timer in case you begin to run into some undesired results.
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[Z Gecko]

or, kind off bruteforce:
Remove the whole titlebar of that window, with
WinSet, Style, -0xC00000, ...
no one can click what´s not there

[XurF9M]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

The style change evidently won't work with this window
The 'x' does not change color but perhaps I can still search for some distinctive part of the window.
The MouseBlock code certainly works, thanks. Maybe I can modify it to use WinGetActiveTitle so that the mouse will work outside the window without Alt-Tab

[n-l-i-d]

1. Google on AutoHotkey forum for "disable close button"
2. Find 2nd result, the solution by SKAN: How to Disable ( Grey-out ) the Close Button?
3. ??? (scream for joy, holler and faint?)
4. Profit!

[ImprisonedPride]

Correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm still learning AHK too, but wouldn't the simplest way to get rid of that be:

[Micahs]

This will prevent the user from clicking on the titlebar close button and the icon while allowing window drag, resize, scrolling. It uses a variation of my Zero-Focus technique to disable the left mouse button while over the icon and X button and disable the right mouse button over the entire titlebar. It also prevents Alt-F4 while the desired window is active.

This will not prevent the user from right-clicking on the taskbar button and selecting 'close', however. If there is any interest I will look into adding it. It also does not prevent task manager termination.