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echo: os2prog
to: Gary Chambers
from: Peter Fitzsimmons
date: 1996-02-23 03:29:00
subject: Dialog Modes

GC> What's the concensus on making dialogs system modal 
 GC> vs. modeless?  Seems system modal would be far too 
 GC> "rude" since it imposes itself on the entire 
 GC> Presentation Manager, but modeless dialogs lay-around 
 GC> until they're explicitly released/dismissed (unless 
 GC> I'm missing something, which is entirely possible).

There is system modal,  application modal,  and modeless.

Application modal usually makes the most sense.

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