Strange MessageBox Behavior

[scriptor2016]

hello, I was wondering why the "esc" hotkey works in this script:

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1::
MsgBox, 5, MyMsgBox, Hello
Return

esc::
WinClose, MyMsgBox
Return

..but it does *not* work in this one:

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MsgBox, 4, MyMsgBox, Hello
Return

esc::
WinClose, MyMsgBox
Return

[gregster]

In the case with the 4 option, the x (the Close button in the msgbox's titlebar) is disabled by the Windows system, and there is no Cancel button ("clicking the X is the same as pressing Cancel").

If there is no Cancel button, it can't be cancelled and WinClose, which just sends a WM_CLOSE message, can't override this requirement. The user is forced to choose yes or no.

Afaik, this is intentional and based on the behaviour of the underlying MessageBox function of the Windows system.

[scriptor2016]

yes, you're right - I hadn't noticed that the 'X' button is disabled on a MessageBox, 4.

That's odd, I wonder why it's like that - 4 cannot be closed, but 5 (and others) are able to be closed.

Oh well, thanks for clearing that up! I was scratching my head over that one on the weekend lol