Exit from Authorware

Question

A customer has discovered that pressing Ctrl+Q closes our Authorware application. We use Microsoft style  keypress combinations incorporating the Control key to type accented characters and Ctrl+Q was typed by him in error.
Is it possible to prevent Ctrl+Q from exiting Authorware

Answer 1

Hi Tom,
You got my interest in fixing the “Alt F4” problem so I went to:-
http://www.mods.com.au/download/default.htm
and downloaded “Buddy Keys”, it’s only 80k and it’s Free ! ! !
(I think I will use this myself because it's better than my current method).
The following method should disable the [Alt]+[F4] and the Windows “X”.  Two in one go!
1.  Un zip and place the “Budkey.u32” in your “C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Authorware 7.0\xtras” folder.
2.  In AW load the “DisableQuit” AND “RestoreQuit” functions from the “Budkey.u32” file.
3.  Add a calc Icon on your flow line and add the code:
NoQuit := DisableQuit(WindowHandle) --This Disables [Alt]+[F4] and the Windows “X” for your window only (All other windows should work properly.
3.  In a Calc Icon at the start, hang a "Perpetual Calc" off an Interaction Icon.
The name of this Calc Icon to be:
BudKeyQuitMsg = TRUE .  When TRUE the user has pressed [Alt]+[F4] or Clicked the Windows "X" button so . . . .
4.  Inside place an Interaction Icon “Are you Sure you want to quit?” .
5.  Hanging off that place your Yes and No buttons.  As before No returns to AW.  The Yes button must contain a Calc Icon with the code:
RestoreQuit() --Restores the [Alt]+[F4] and the Windows “X”
Quit() --Quits the piece
NOTE while you are creating the piece, after checking it works, you might want to Rem out the “DisableQuit” code before you run your piece, otherwise if activated in your piece you will not be able close any of the AW windows J.
Publish the "Budkey.u32” with your piece.
Jacks