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Modeless applications attempt to transition seamlessly between online and offline states, without significant UI changes.

Note that the modeless dialog box communicates with its parent dialog in two different ways.

The Office object model supports managed modeless forms; however, it is not recommended to use them on a background thread.

Forms are independent, top-level windows. In terms of behavior, they are the same as modeless dialog boxes.

this habit. The designer must assure that all modeless dialog boxes are rendered with a clearly noticeable visual difference.

DHTML windows: The DHTML window provides a mechanism for putting a modeless floating window on top of your page content.

Conversely, the selection is quite likely to change during the lifetime of a modeless dialog box.

Modeless forms are harder to program, because users can access them in an unpredictable order.

Often, tool windows are shown in a modeless fashion.

The application should provide unobtrusive modeless feedback on the status of his work .

However, when a form is shown as modeless, the code following the Show method is executed immediately after the form is displayed.

Determines whether the given message is intended for the modeless dialog box and, if so, processes it.

In addition, it shows a number of techniques related to using a modeless dialog box as the main window of an MFC application.

Provide modeless feedback to help users avoid mistakes.

Modeless forms let you shift the focus between the form and another form without having to close the initial form.

The framework calls this member function when the user clicks the Cancel button or presses the ESC key in a modal or modeless dialog box.

There have traditionally been two modeless tool idioms in common use. The modeless dialog box is the older of the two.

for modeless dialog receiving input information, we are able to father to the window messaging manner.

Many modeless dialogs are implemented awkwardly. Their behavior is inconsistent and confusing.

Software, similarly, can provide us with this kind of rich modeless feedback about what is going on. Again, we discuss how in Chapter 25.

Keep dialogs, especially modeless dialogs, to a minimum.

Common examples of modeless windows are properties windows, toolboxes, and palettes.

Processes messages that are sent to a modal or modeless dialog box.

It does this just for convenience; once created, the modeless dialog box requires no further management.

After the modeless dialog opens, the parent program continues without interruption.

The properties in this modeless dialog box always reflect the currently selected object.

Object from a modeless form, the application might quit unexpectedly.

Call this member function to create a modeless dialog box from a dialog-box template in memory.

A modeless property sheet dialog box within a mini-frame window.

The proper solution is to make the action easily reversible and provide enough modeless feedback so that users are not taken off-guard.

Think of all the ways you might improve your own applications with RVMF and other mechanisms of modeless feedback!

Modeless dialogs have terminating commands, too, although the conventions for them are far weaker and more confusing than for modal dialogs.

Class manages a pointer to the modeless dialog box.

A modeless form allows some type of interaction with the application while the form is displayed.

Using Common File Dialogs as Modeless Views.

We discuss this idea of rich visual modeless feedback in Chapter 25.

This behavior is the opposite of modeless feedback, and it hampers flow.

discuss these types of rich modeless feedback in Chapter 25.

Shows how to display a form as a modal or modeless dialog box.

The following example shows how to display an About dialog box in modeless format.

For example, if a modeless dialog box modifies text, what should it do if we now select some context object on the main window?

Make sure your modeless dialog box does not call those functions and instead overrides them to call

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To display a form as a modeless dialog box

Second, when the user destroys the window by whatever means, the modeless box calls the