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From: jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu (jeff midili)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: modeless dialogs
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.184626.3290@hub.cs.jmu.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 18:46:26 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: James Madison University
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Are modeless dialogs actually dialogs or are they windows?  How
do you call one?  Do you create it as a dialog or a window
under resedit?  

It seems that if I declare it as a window with resedit, and create
a windowptr for it within my program, I can display the window, but
not the contents.

If I make it a dialog with resedit, and assign a dialogptr to it
with GetNewDialog, I can show it with SelectWindow() and ShowWindow(),
but I can do anything within the event loop with it.  Like close it
if the goaway box is clicked.  

What is the proper method for handling modeless dialogs????

thanks,

Jeff Midili

jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu