[Gambas-user] "Me.Persistent = True" does not work?

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 10/01/2022 à 14:55, Bruce Steers a écrit :
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> On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 at 13:47, Gianluigi <bagonergi at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bagonergi at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Il giorno lun 10 gen 2022 alle ore 13:42 Cristiano Guadagnino
>     <criguada at gmail.com <mailto:criguada at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
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>         Hi,
>         I am using the statement in the subject line in the FMain.Open()
>         handler (where FMain is the main window of my app).
>         By using that statement, I had hoped to be able to hide the main
>         window instead of closing it when a user clicks on the "X"
>         button in the titlebar. That's what I understood reading the docs.
>         And I am mostly sure it DID work in the past.
>         But now, if I click on the "X" button my app is closed instead.
>         Is it a bug?
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>         I am using Gambas 3.16.3.
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>         Best regards
>         Cris
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> That's not what Persistent meant.
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> If your app only has one window and yo uhit the close button then it 
> should close. that is not a bug.
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> A Persistent window would be like a settings window, that opens and 
> closes while your main app is active.
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> The difference (as i understand) between a persistent window and non 
> persistent is that when opening and closing the persistent window it's 
> contents are made fresh or destroyed each time.
> A persistant window will not forget it's contents when closing/opening.
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> If before you could press the close button but the app did not quit then 
> that was a bug in your app.
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> To Catch and stop a window close you should do this..
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> Public Sub Form_Close()
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>    If bDoNotCloseButHide = True Then
>    Me.Hide
>    Stop Event
>    Endif
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> End
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> that will hide the window and stop the app closing on pressing the x.
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> Hope that makes sense.
> BruceS
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In less words :-)

Non persistent means "closing = destroying".

Persistent means "closing = hiding".

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini