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Thanks Remy.

This is exactly what I was looking for.  And, I will only be supporting W2K
and XP, so the CreateDesktop, CloseDesktop and SwitchDesktop functions will
do nicely.

Thanks,

Ted

"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <gambit47.no.spam@no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Ted Byers" <r.ted.byers@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > But what I don't know, yet, is how to open the program modally,
> > so the kid can't just bypass the test by minimizing the program or
> > selecting some other program from the menu or desktop.
>
> Make the program full-screen, disable its ability to be minimized or
> switched away from, and disable the system's ability to invoke the Start
> menu or special keyboard combos (CTRL-ESC, ALT-TAB, etc).
>
> In the case of WinNT/2K/XP only, you could alternatively just create a
> completely separate desktop using CreateDesktop() and SwitchDesktop() so
> that the user only has access to only what you really want them to see and
> access.  When they have met your requirements, you can call
SwitchDesktop()
> again to move them back to the normal desktop.
>
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> Gambit
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