From: Hobart S. <ore...@gm...> - 2012-04-01 19:45:59
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Got it. Thanks. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Oliver Sims < oli...@si...> wrote: > ** > >> a dialog box usually (?) preempts access to any "underlying" window > > In ooDialog there are several options when creating dialog A from dialog > B, and making dialogs modeless is simple. Chapter 6 in the Guide explains > this (I hope!!), and exercise 6 uses modeless dialogs throughout - except > for the "application" dialog which I've made to look like an "application > window". If you close this, then everything else closes and the app ends. > However, if you close any one of the other dialogs, nothing happens to any > of the other dialogs. Also, you can click on any dialog and interact with > it without having to close any other dialog. > > This means that you only preempt access to an "underlying" dialog if the > logic of the application demands it. > > ooDialog's pretty good, innit? > > -- > Oliver > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hobart Spitz [mailto:ore...@gm...] > *Sent:* 01 April 2012 19:33 > *To:* Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [Oorexx-devel] ooDialog - Dialog vs Window > > I think the audience you are directing this to would also like to know > that a dialog box usually (?) preempts access to any "underlying" window > from which the box orignated. > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Oliver Sims < > oli...@si...> wrote: > >> ** >> >> At the start of the Guide, I'd like to have a short statement about the >> difference between dialogs and windows. Here's a draft: >> >> Wikipedia states, "In a graphical user interface of computers, a dialog >> box is a type of window used to enable reciprocal communication or "dialog" >> between a computer and its user." So a dialog is a "type of window", which >> is (Wikipedia again) "... a visual area containing some kind of user >> interface." Thus a dialog is less than a window. At one time, most GUI >> applications needed windows, with dialogs being used only for simple >> functions such as file finding, or entering a password. Since then, the >> function provided for dialogs has expanded enormously. So much so that >> today a reasonable application can be built with only dialogs - as this >> Guide attempts to show. >> >> Any thoughts? >> Thanks, >> Oliver >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oor...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> >> > > > -- > OREXXMan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > -- OREXXMan |