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Re: How to make a window modal

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:07
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"Martin Golm" <golm@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> How can this be done? Simply by adding a
> GetMessage/TranslateMessage/DispatchMessage-loop
> like the following?

Yes.  That is what the VCL's TForm::ShowModal() method does (amongst other
things).  Just make sure that you have a way to break out of the loop when
you want to close the window without aborting the entire process as a whole.


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