I would prefer to collect data in some sort of browser-based form. How do I present it to the user and lock them out of Windows until it has been submitted?

Question

I would like for the user to be given a form in Windows at the beginning of his or her login session on a computer in the office. It should be impossible to use the computer without filling out and submitting this form.

Answer 1

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Use the LockWorkStation function provided by the Windows API to lock the computer programmatically.

You can call this function when the user attempts to close the form without submitting it, effectively preventing further use of the computer until the form is completed.

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
class Program
{
    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool LockWorkStation();
    
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Call LockWorkStation to lock the computer
        LockWorkStation();
    }
}

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