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exitLock

Syntax

    the exitLock

Description

Movie property; determines whether a user can quit to the Windows desktop or Macintosh Finder from projectors (`TRUE`) or not (`FALSE`, default).

The user can quit to the desktop by pressing Control+period (Windows) or Command+period (Macintosh), Control+Q (Windows) or Command+Q (Macintosh), or Control+W (Windows) or Command+W (Macintosh); the Escape key is also supported in Windows.

This property can be tested and set.

Example

This statement sets the `exitLock` property to `TRUE`:

    set the exitLock to TRUE

Example

Assuming that `exitLock` is set to `TRUE`, nothing occurs automatically when the Control+period/Q/W, Esc, or Command+period/Q/W keys are used. This handler checks keyboard input for keys to exit and takes the user to a custom quit sequence:

    on checkExit
    	if the commandDown and (the key = "." or the key = "q") and the exitLock = TRUE then go to frame "quit sequence"
    end