how to quit a gui

[sbrady19]

what do you have to do, that when you click the GUI "X", like all PC apps, the gui quits and goes away and the ICON is NOT in the HIDDEN icons window. Thanks for any help.

[submeg]

From here:

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MyGui := Gui()
MyGui.AddText("", "Press Alt+F4 or the X button in the title bar.")
MyGui.OnEvent("Close", MyGui_Close)
MyGui_Close(thisGui) {  ; Declaring this parameter is optional.
    if MsgBox("Are you sure you want to close the GUI?",, "y/n") = "No"
        return true  ; true = 1
}
MyGui.Show

[sbrady19]

my gui is call Main
here is what I did
I dont need the reminder window
the gui window closes
the icon is still in the hidden icons window

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Main.OnEvent("Close", Main_Close)
Main_Close(thisGui) {  ; Declaring this parameter is optional.
    if MsgBox("Are you sure you want to close the GUI?",, "y/n") = "No"
        return true  ; true = 1
}
Main.Show

[submeg]

the icon is still in the hidden icons window

Do you mean the AHK script icon (i.e. the script is still running when you close the GUI)?

If that's the case, you just need to add an ExitApp:

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Main.OnEvent("Close", Main_Close)
Main_Close(thisGui) {  ; Declaring this parameter is optional.
    if MsgBox("Are you sure you want to close the GUI?",, "y/n") = "No"
        return true  ; true = 1
		ExitApp
        
}
Main.Show

[sbrady19]

there has to be more to it than that, right. Or if I put ExitApp: at the every end of the script, the app completely quits and closes. I'll get back to you.

[boiler]

The system tray icon (as opposed to a taskbar icon) usually goes away when the script is closed, not when one of its windows is closed, which is why submeg suggested what he did. You can set it not to show while the script is running if you want by assigning 1 to A_IconHidden. You can restore it by assigning 0 to it.

[just me]

Script Startup (the Auto-execute Thread)

The script will terminate after completing startup if it lacks hotkeys, hotstrings, visible GUIs, active timers, clipboard monitors and InputHooks, and has not called the Persistent function. Otherwise, it will stay running in an idle state, responding to events such as hotkeys, hotstrings, GUI events, custom menu items, and timers. If these conditions change after startup completes (for example, the last timer is disabled), the script may exit when the last running thread completes or the last GUI closes.

Actually, the sample posted by @submeg

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MyGui := Gui()
MyGui.AddText("", "Press Alt+F4 or the X button in the title bar.")
MyGui.OnEvent("Close", MyGui_Close)
MyGui_Close(thisGui) {  ; Declaring this parameter is optional.
    if MsgBox("Are you sure you want to close the GUI?",, "y/n") = "No"
        return true  ; true = 1
}
MyGui.Show

terminates the script when the Gui is closed and removes the icon from the tray.

If your script is persistent for some reason, you need ExitApp to terminate.