Just the form closing or application closing?

[**Developer**]

I've been looking but can't find out how in a form Closing event to know if
the closing is because the form's "X" had been clicked or the main form's
"X" was clicked.

That is, I need to know if just the form is closing or the application is
closing.

Do you know how to tell?
Thanks

[tomb]

**Developer** wrote:

I've been looking but can't find out how in a form Closing event to know if
the closing is because the form's "X" had been clicked or the main form's
"X" was clicked.

That is, I need to know if just the form is closing or the application is
closing.

Do you know how to tell?

I had this same puzzle - I just set a global flag when the program is
closing, so the form can check it.

Tom

Thanks

[AMercer]

> I had this same puzzle - I just set a global flag when the program is

closing, so the form can check it.

I do the same thing. In simple apps, it doesn't matter much. But with
several forms and/or several threads and/or several open resources, you are
kind of fixed. An-app wide shutting down flag seems like the simplest
solution.

[AMercer]

> How do you set the flag.

I set it in the main form's closing event handler.

I believe the other form's Closing event occurs before the main form's
closing event.

In my apps, if I close the main window, its closing event fires first,
shutdown is indicated, and then secondary windows close. If I close a
secondary window, its closing event fires, but nothing else happens.

[**Developer**]

I'm working on a MDI app.

It has forms that are non-MDI child and some that are.

The non-MDI child work as you say but the child always closes first.

You said "shutdown is indicated."

How do you check that?

Maybe I can use that somehow.

Thanks
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How do you set the flag.

I set it in the main form's closing event handler.

I believe the other form's Closing event occurs before the main form's
closing event.

In my apps, if I close the main window, its closing event fires first,
shutdown is indicated, and then secondary windows close. If I close a
secondary window, its closing event fires, but nothing else happens.

[AMercer]

> I'm working on a MDI app.

No experience with mdi. Perhaps events fire differently?

You said "shutdown is indicated."
How do you check that?

In a public module, declare the shutdown flag, something like:

Public Module SomeNameYourCho ice
Public AppIsShuttingDo wn As Boolean = False
End Module

In the main form's closing event:

AppIsShuttingDo wn = True

In other places that need to know if the app is shutting down or not:

If AppIsShuttingDo wn Then
' whatever you want if shutting down
Else
' whatever you want if not shutting down
Endif

[**Developer**]

Thanks
I knew how to do that.
I was hoping one of the Closing event arguments had a clue or maybe the
Application class did.
I had looked but couldn't find anything.

Thanks again
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I'm working on a MDI app.

No experience with mdi. Perhaps events fire differently?

You said "shutdown is indicated."
How do you check that?

In a public module, declare the shutdown flag, something like:

Public Module SomeNameYourCho ice
Public AppIsShuttingDo wn As Boolean = False
End Module

In the main form's closing event:

AppIsShuttingDo wn = True

In other places that need to know if the app is shutting down or not:

If AppIsShuttingDo wn Then
' whatever you want if shutting down
Else
' whatever you want if not shutting down
Endif