System Modal forms possible?

[D Cameron]

I'd like to be able to make a full screen form in one of my apps
inescapable: disable the Start button, Alt-Tab etc. until my application
closes the form. I seem to remember VB3.0 distinguishing between system
modal and application modal forms. A System Modal form seems like it
would fill my need.

Are system modal forms still possible? the Form.ShowDialog() method
seems to offer more of an application modal behavior.

I believe I remember reading that they were considered exploitable and
had been removed from the .Net framework. If that is the case is there
an alternative that would block Alt-Tab switching and access to the
Start bar?

Thanks for any help!
DC

 

[Vijaye Raji]

TopLevel will make your form stay on top of all other windows.

About disabling the start button and Alt-Tab, I'm not sure why you want to
do that. Nobody likes an app that does that. Please consider redesigning.

Thanks
vJ

 

[Otis Mukinfus]

TopLevel will make your form stay on top of all other windows.

About disabling the start button and Alt-Tab, I'm not sure why you want to
do that. Nobody likes an app that does that. Please consider redesigning.

Thanks
vJ

I had a boss once who called that sort of thing "computer tyranny"....
He was right!

Otis Mukinfus
http://www.otismukinfus.com

 

[D Cameron]

Well, it's to run Psychology tests on undergraduates who are being paid
or given credit for it, and although it's unlikely they'll goof around,
since they need to finish the experiment to get the goods, it would be
nice to prevent them if possible.

So ya, Tyranny is what I'm looking for

Maybe TopLevel will be enough tho.

Dave