🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <xn0dx52tjd1ywzu00r@newsgroups.borland.com>, ng-b@JPMcGrath.net says...
> On 1/11/2005 at 4:27:55 PM, J. User wrote:
> 
> > > Then add a WindowListener to the JFrame:
> > > 
> > >     frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
> > >         public void windowClosing( WindowEvent event ) {
> > >             // Decide whether to dispose the frame, exit, etc.
> > >         }
> > >     };
> > 
> > That is how I handle the problem but users then complain if the window
> > close decoration is enabled and does nothing. 
> 
> I think the "normal" implementation of the "// Decide whether ..." part
> would be to check the appropriate conditions (e.g. document changed) and

Yes, I believe I went on to describe something like that.

> ask the user if he really wants to exit.  Even if you do not want to give
> the user a choice, it still would seem appropriate to display a message
> dialog telling the user why you are refusing to exit.  So pressing the
> close button would not "do nothing".

Perhaps I should have said "accomplishes nothing useful"
 
> > what I'd really like to do is disable (just) the exit frame decoration...
> > as far as I can see there is no way to do this. 
> 
> AFAIK, there is no standard Java way to disable the close button.  You can

Too bad... seems like something that ought to be there. Oh well... at least
now I know not to waste more time looking for it - thank you!