Re: [Fxruby-users] (Non)modal dialogues.

[Hugh S. S. E. E. <hg...@dm...>]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Lyle Johnson wrote:

> Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:
>
> > FXDialogBoxes can be modal or nonmodal, and if they are model it
> > makes sense to use ID_ACCEPT or ID_CANCEL to effect the return value
> > of execute, otherwise one makes them disappear with hide.
> >
> > So, how does code in a subclassed FXDialogBox test whether the box
> > is modal or not?
>
> You should be able to use:
>
>      getApp().modal?(theDialogBox)
>
> Hope this helps,

Yes, that helps.  I'm puzzled about this design though: the Dialog
box would have to ask the application to ask the dialog box?  This
runs counter to "Tell, don't ask", IMO, if I understood that
philosophy correctly.
>
> Lyle
>
        Thank you,
        Hugh
>