[Lazarus] New Windows CE "X" and "OK" title buttons policy

Lee Jenkins lee at datatrakpos.com
Sat Apr 19 14:26:53 CEST 2008


Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just fixed a long standing issue in the Windows CE interface, and
> because it involves a policy change I thougth it would be nice to give
> a public report.
> 
> Basically the Windows CE provides by default a "X" minimize button,
> but almost all lazarus users were expecting it to be a close button,
> so I changed the default policy and now all Lazarus for WinCE forms
> will have a "OK" close button, which is a real close button. A way to
> change this behavior was provided.
> 
> No, you cannot make the X minimize button become a close button. Yes,
> I already asked in the microsoft newsgroups and they stated very clear
> that it's very well documented that the X button is a minimize button,
> not a close button.
> 
> I documented everything here, so please look and comment back if you
> are interrested in wince:
> 
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Windows_CE_Development_Notes#The_Title_.22OK.22_and_.22X.22_buttons
> 
> I also fixed the positioning of dialog windows and some other stuff.
> 
> thanks,

Doesn't this have to do with the fact that WinCE apps aren't shut down by 
default, but still run in the background?

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Warm Regards,

lee


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Lee

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