#PB_Window_Modal

[Straker]

Pretty please?

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Oh yeah - and cross-platform.

[USCode]

FYI - viewtopic.php?t=19301&highlight=modal

[Straker]

Yeah I saw that thread. Can it be done in one line?

I don't want to start this debate again.... it has been done extensively already. Here is the psuedo-code I am looking for:

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OpenWindow(#Window_0,10,10,100,200,#PB_Window_Modal)

I don't know, but it seems easier to me.

Could just be me though.

Could just be all those braincells I lost in my youth.

Maybe I am just crazy....

[freak]

Its a common feature in other languages. So maybe for a future version, why not.

[Straker]

Thanks freak.

[USCode]

Until it is a formal part of the language, seems like you could create the window as it is currently done and then create your own custom prodedures that encapsulate the DisableWindow, StickyWindow and SetActiveWindow calls to emulate displaying a modal window.

For example, maybe create a routine you could call
"ShowWindowModal(your_window_#)"
and that routine would make your window active with modal behavior.

Or even;

"ShowWindow(your_window_#, boolean)"
with the boolean parameter used to determine the window modality (whether to use DisableWindow or not). I believe Delphi and other languages work like that, determining their modality when the window is shown, not when it is created.

If I have some time I'll try and throw something together to demonstrate what I mean.

HTH

[Straker]

Thanks USCode.

Yes, I am not opposed at all in writing my own functions to extend the language. I have done this many times anyway. This one just seems so obvious that it should be in the language.

In the meantime....

SetWindowModal(#Window_0)

Will do.

Thanks for the feedback.

[PB]

And also #PB_Window_ToolWindow would be nice, to avoid having to do it
later like this:

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SetWindowLong_(hWnd,#GWL_EXSTYLE,GetWindowLong_(hWnd,#GWL_EXSTYLE) | #WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)

[USCode]

And also #PB_Window_ToolWindow would be nice

I haven't worked with it yet but would the new StickyWindow work here for you PB?

[PB]

> would the new StickyWindow work here

StickWindow <> ToolWindow.

StickWindow = Always on top -> SetWindowPos_(hWnd,#HWND_TOPMOST,0,0,0,0,#SWP_NOMOVE|#SWP_NOSIZE)
ToolWindow = Not in the Taskbar -> SetWindowLong_(hWnd,#GWL_EXSTYLE,GetWindowLong_(hWnd,#GWL_EXSTYLE)|#WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)

[Axolotl]

I came across this topic while browsing today.
From my point of view, this feature would be helpful. That's why I'm pulling it out of the depths of the forum.
Maybe this comment gives hope:

Its a common feature in other languages. So maybe for a future version, why not.

BTW: I know about the "workarounds" -- and I am just working on my own.