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- From: mccrobie@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Dan McCrobie)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.ingres
- Subject: Windows 4GL Dialog boxes
- Summary: How do you disable the minimize feature??
- Keywords: dialog boxes, iconification, minimize buttons
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.185814.4897@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:58:14 GMT
- Article-I.D.: saifr00.1992Nov16.185814.4897
- Sender: Dan McCrobie
- Followup-To: mccrobie@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com
- Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
- Lines: 17
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- In Windows 4GL, dialog boxes look exactly the same as windows. This
- creates problems for users since they can iconify dialog boxes (i.e,
- take the window and shrink it to an icon). The problem develops when
- the user wants to continue in the application with an iconfied dialog.
- The system responds with a wait cursor (watch), leaving the user wondering
- what happened. On a system restart, all windows (including dialog boxes)
- are closed so the user gets no feedback and is free to make the same error
- again.
-
- Besides the obvious fix to make the dialogs interactive, if we want to
- still use application modal dialogs (i.e. nothing else works in the
- application until the dialog is answered), is there a way to avoid having
- dialog boxes come up with iconify window buttons?
-
-
- Dan McCrobie
- mccrobie@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com
-