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**Semen Matusovski** · 30 Sep 2000, 11:15 PM

Fred --
> Is it possible to change a DDT-dialog from Modeless to Modal on the fly?
Can't understand a purpose.
Difference between Modal & Modeless is in DOEVENTS LOOP.
Make all dialogs Modeless.
Start initial "parent" dialog - Dialog Show Modeless ...
Then
Do
Dialog DoEvents To Count
If Count = 0 Then Exit Do
Loop

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**Edwin Knoppert** · 1 Oct 2000, 01:28 AM

I did that.

I showed the ddt dialog modelles than after a while (doing some stuff) show it as modal.

Works OK!

Visa versa not poss i guess.

If you want to leave a dialog doevents, just send a wm_quit.
The pump is left and catched by the following modal loop..

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**Edwin Knoppert** · 1 Oct 2000, 01:31 AM

Between the modeless and modal you'll need suficient doevents.
There a more messages than one doevents handles.

The approach is not good is my guess.

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**Fred Oxenby** · 1 Oct 2000, 10:04 AM

Code:

Semen, there are a legitime purpose for modeless to modal dialog.
To show the dialog to the user, before the load-operation is completed.
There are times when network-operations are so slow, that it is necessary
to show some action..
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Edvin, yes I use a loop [i]For i& = 1 to 200 :Dialog Doevents:next[/i]
depending on the expected need for the dialog
If any work is done in the dialogProc I need to direct that in the
'Dialog Show Modless hDlg& Call DlgProc' instruction
--Example two--
Parent Dialog with multiple child-dialogs
The question was aimed at PB support.
The [i]built-in DDT-messagehandler[/i] in PB is supposed to handle all messages for 
dialogs created in that thread.
When I need 'child-dialogs' as parent to group of controls I have to show this
'child-dialog' modeless with a 'call dlgproc' directive.
(This is required to handle some buttonstyles (AutoRadioButton/pushlike) f.i.)

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[This message has been edited by Fred Oxenby (edited October 01, 2000).]

**Semen Matusovski** · 1 Oct 2000, 10:59 AM

Fred --
look this possible way

Code:

   #Compile Exe
   #Register None
   #Dim All
   #Include "WIN32API.INC"

   Global StopFlag As Long, hDlg As Long
   Sub DoQueryEvents
      Static Msg As tagMsg
      While PeekMessage(Msg, %NULL, %NULL, %NULL, %PM_REMOVE)
         If IsDialogMessage (hDlg, Msg) Then
         Else
            TranslateMessage Msg
            DispatchMessage Msg
         End If
      Wend
   End Sub

   Sub StartModeless
      Dim i As Long, k As Long
      StopFlag = 0
      While StopFlag = 0
         DoQueryEvents
         For i = 1 To 1000000: Next
         Incr k: SetWindowText hDlg, Format$(k)
      Wend
   End Sub
   
   CallBack Function DlgProc
      Select Case CbMsg
         Case %WM_INITDIALOG
            Control Add TextBox, CbHndl, 101, "", 10, 5, 180, 12
            Control Add Button,  CbHndl, 102, "Demo Modeless", 10, 25, 80, 12
            Control Add Button,  CbHndl, 103, "Stop Modeless", 110, 25, 80, 12
         Case %WM_COMMAND
            If CbCtl = 102 Then StartModeless
            If CbCtl = 103 Then StopFlag = 1
         Case %WM_DESTROY
            StopFlag = 1  
      End Select
   End Function
   
   Function PbMain
      Dialog New 0, "Test", , , 200, 45, %WS_CAPTION Or %WS_SYSMENU To hDlg
      Dialog Show Modal hDlg Call DlgProc
   End Function

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**Fred Oxenby** · 1 Oct 2000, 01:26 PM

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Semen, I am not questioning that it is working...
I am trying to discuss strict Dynamic Dialog Tools-functions, 
and understand how PB is expecting us,using this tool, to handle situation 
where we do need child-dialogs.
One of this situations are 'SysTabControl32'
I have almost in every project need for it. (Thats why I am not normally using DDT)
And since PB does not with one word (almost right) mention dialogs with style=%WS_CHILD
in its documentation, this matter is 'your guess is as good as mine'
The only guidance I have found in the help file, but missing in the printed doc is this
 [quote]
%DS_CONTROL	The (modeless) dialog is able to operate as a child window of a tab control 
(the parent must be the tab-control’s owner, not the tab control itself).  
This style permits the TAB key to move from control to control in both the parent and 
the modeless dialog seamlessly.
[/quote]
PB probably intended it to work like my example.But why is it missing from  the printed doc?
and why am I getting a GPF when using this style %DS_CONTROL
This GPF happens randomly when using Dialog end on a child dialog  
This GPF is avoided if I let the parent dialog destroy the child dialog
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As far as I can understand..
 style %DS_CONTROL works as described in help-file.
 PB intended you to be able to 'Dialog New..' with style %WS_CHILD
 With 'Dialog Show Modless hCild Call ChildProc' gave you the option to handle the messages to the child
 With 'Dialog Show Modal hParent Call ParentProc' gave you a message pump and a dialog-handler
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**Lance Edmonds** · 2 Oct 2000, 01:54 AM

I've built quite a few DDT based apps with tab controls. Each modeless dialog that form the "pages" of the tab control should include the %DS_CONTROL style. The parent dialog should also include the extended style %WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT.

I sent some of my DDT tab control code to a few people about a year ago, and as a result, there have been a number of examples posted to the Source Code forum based on my original code. My usual approach is to use modeless dialogs for the whole thing, not just the tab page dialogs.

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**Fred Oxenby** · 3 Oct 2000, 03:59 AM

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Thank you Lance, for your replay.
I read your documentation. And I notice that either in Help-file
nor in printed doc Dialog New statement list %WS_CHILD as a style.
All other style is there.
%DS_CONTROL is in the Help file, not in the printed Doc.
As the printed doc is 'newer' than the help file my interpretation is that
it is deliberately REMOVED
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I think It is a legitimate question if PowerBasic regard 
Dialog New....,%WS_CHILD or %DS_CONTROL ...
Dialog Show Modeless ...call ...
as an [b]undocumented feature[/b] of PB/DLL 32 bit compiler
meaning [i]Use it your own risk[/i]
or if it is [i]only a mistake in the documentation[/i]
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Even if I see others posting code using this technic, and I, myself use it, 
It is not evident that it is meant to work.
I also in rare circumstances earn some GPF-points,
especially when explicit destroy one among several Child-dialogs with DIALOG END statement

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**Lance Edmonds** · 3 Oct 2000, 05:11 AM

%WS_CHILD is quite "legal".

I do not know why it was not included in the doc's, but I'll ask the Documentation Department to add it into the next update. Thanks for pointing it out!

BTW, Fred, can you avoid using [code] tags for plain text in your messages? It makes your messages very hard to read and they do not wrap correctly. Thanks!

Regarding the occasional GPF... I never experience these in this area, so I have to assume that you have some other problem... if you have an example that can clearly show this, then please post it or send it to me.

Thanks!

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