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#1 can't close application. just hangs

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2006-05-26
2006-05-26
No

in tinyseq-0.8e4.win32, there is no way to close the
application. the dialog's close box is grayed out.
in fact, the application hangs and I have to do an
end-task to kill it.

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  • Jim Michaels

    Jim Michaels - 2006-05-26

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    windows XP.

     
  • Jim Michaels

    Jim Michaels - 2006-05-26
    • priority: 5 --> 8
     
  • JD. Rhee

    JD. Rhee - 2006-12-16

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    Please read the help menu.
    If a user want to exit the program,he/she should not exit by pressing upper right "x" button in MS WINDOWS or X Window system,
    instead of it he/she should press ESC key or select Menu->exit.

     
  • Jim Michaels

    Jim Michaels - 2006-12-17

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    this behavior is *NOT* entirely GUI standard. it is not intuitive and this is now a usability issue. user will always assume he/she can close application ising the x button and will not look in help to find out how to work it. you need to put in handlers to catch and handle the message WM_QUIT at least at the top/owner window for Windows. or something. Menu items can simply do a PostQuitMessage() to top/owner window. Since I am not that great a windows programmer, maybe you can find a better solution. I don't know the equivelant in X.

     
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