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VB.Net Web Developer's Guide
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VB.Net Web Developer's Guide

by Syngress
September 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
23h 46m
English
Syngress
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Creating Windows Forms • Chapter 7 289
Displaying Modeless Forms
Contrary to a modal form, a modeless form allows the user to shift the focus
between the form and another form without closing the initial form. Modeless
forms are useful when you want the user to refer to one form from another, such
as with tool windows and Help windows. However, modeless forms can be a
handful because the user can access them in an unpredictable order.This compli-
cates your task as the developer to keep the state of your application consistent.
You can easily display a form as a modeless dialog box.To display a modeless
dialog box, use the Show method, as shown in the ...
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