Locking the Desktop ?

[Akuma]

Hello dear MMF Users

i want to make an application (type of screensaver) where the user isnt able to switch to the desktop with

Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Esc etc...without the right password

I know the Control X Object can disable these combinations but it doesnt work on my pc (vista) except the Alt+F4 combo

maybe someone knows another solution for the problem ?

i would apreciate !

thank you and have a nice week


EDIT: the user must be able to type a password into the application.

[UrbanMonk]

Try the Kiosk object.

If that doesn't work you can disable Taskmgr from the registry.
Closing out explorer.exe will allow you to block the windows key and the ctrl+Esc combination.

To disable Alt+F4 check off "disable close" in the app properties.

[Stephen]

I have an example of this on my site that I made a while ago. It's at the bottom. Maybe it will help.

Fusion World Examples

stephen1980

[UrbanMonk]

To add to stephen's example just remove the quit(alt-F4) option from the menu bar, and add a condition that ends explorer.exe so that the windows key will no longer function.

[Akuma]

hey thank you very much

stephen...really nice examples !

anyway i ve found a way to make this by myself

ive blocked Alt+F4 with the control x object


ive used the window control object and made a new condition in the event editor:

Always:
- Set Window topmost
- Set Window to top
- Show Window
- Set Window Maximized

no it works perfectly...the user isnt able to exit the application but it reacts always on a keyboard input to
give the password input

anyway i thank you for that example i searched for this some days ago but havent found it.

i wish you the best

greetings

[Stephen]

Just so you know, you don't need both the "Set window topmost" and "Set window to top" events. One works fine. Glad I could help.

stephen1980

[Jaffob]

Doesn't Ctrl-Alt-Del still work?