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I have 3 questions about Dialogs and "modality" of windows. 
 

1) I need to build an application with two Frames (let's assume for now
that we are using AWT), which the user can access independently. Each
Frame can create a transient modal Dialog. Since the constructor
requires the parent Frame, I expect the Dialog to be modal on the parent
Frame, and only on that Frame (not on the other Frame of the
application). 

Actually, using JDK 1.1.2 (on HP-UX) this is what I get. But using
JBuilder 1.01 (on WinNT), what I get is that any modal Dialog made
visible gets modal on the whole application! 

Is this the expected behavior? or have I done something wrong? Is there
a "standard" behavior? 
 

2) Now, let's get a bit further: from one of my Dialogs, I need to
create another transient modal Dialog for data entry (nothing weird in
that: just try from Word 97 "File/Open", which opens a modal dialog, and
lets you open another modal dialog through "Advanced..."). But modal
Dialogs can be created only with respect to a Frame, not to a Dialog. So
how can I create a Dialog modal with respect to another Dialog? 
 

3) Last question: do Swing classes change anything with respect to
"modality" of dialogs and frames? 
 

Thanks for the time. 

Philippe.


[This mail was initially sent to the IDE discussion group. I'm not sure
that's the best place for it, so I'm trying with this one. I apologize
for the "noise" it introduces.]