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MyForm is the name of the form you want to disable the X-button on.


Put the following code in a bas module
'//*********************************//'
Public Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function RemoveMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function DrawMenuBar Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Public Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Public Const MF_DISABLED = &H2&

Public Sub DisableX(Frm As Form)
    Dim hMenu As Long, nCount As Long

    'Get handle to system menu
    hMenu = GetSystemMenu(Frm.hwnd, 0)

    'Get number of items in menu
    nCount = GetMenuItemCount(hMenu)

    'Remove last item from system menu (last item is 'Close')
    Call RemoveMenu(hMenu, nCount - 1, MF_DISABLED Or MF_BYPOSITION)

    'Redraw menu
    DrawMenuBar Frm.hwnd

End Sub