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Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Egor A. Palchyk

Egor A. Palchyk — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:13:20 +0000

The difference is that in case of modal form, when it asks for input, it disables access to everything in the specific application until the input is given (or denied) to the application. In case of modeless forms, it’s a form that when input is requested, the application runs anyway, and continues running even if the input isn’t given or ignored.
Modal forms are important for many reasons…for instance, if a person is saving a file, you don’t want them changing the file mid-save. Or, for another thing, if a program is asking for input that has to be given at an exact time in the program’s run time, you don’t want the person to be doing other things (for instance, clicking other buttons or modifying other data), thus theoretically messing up the program’s output or functions.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Steven E. Loy

Steven E. Loy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:56:38 +0000

Forms and dialog boxes are either modal or modeless; dialog boxes that display important messages should always be modal. The About dialog box in Visual Studio is an example of a modal dialog box. MessageBox is a modal form you can use. A modal form retains the input focus while open; the modal form will not react till the modal is closed. You create a modal form with the “ShowDialog()” procedure, Hides the first form with Hide procedure. The Hide procedure removes the first form from the user’s screen; it conceals the first form so it is not visible on the screen without deleting the information it references. The second method modeless is used for displaying a multiple. A Modeless form is useful for a help window that displays instructions. You create a Modeless form object with the procedure “frmSecond.Show()”. The hide method is not necessary because both form objects are displayed at the same time. Modeless forms are harder to program, because users can access them in an unpredictable order. You have to keep the state of the application consistent no matter what the user dose.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Angel Beltre

Angel Beltre — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:50:06 +0000

A modeless dialog box lets the user to supply information and allows the user to shift focus between the dialog box and other dialog boxes or forms without having to close the first dialog box. You’re able to work elsewhere while the dialog box is displayed. In a modal dialog box, a user must supply information or cancel the dialog box before allowing the application to continue. Programs use modal dialog boxes in union with commands that need more information before they can continue. A modeless form is harder to program because users can access them in an unpredictable order.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Zack Wigal

Zack Wigal — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:40:58 +0000

Model is where you can’t do anything until you finish whatever you were doing in the current window. In some cases, this is needed because you could want to control the order in which the user does something. Saving is an example of this. You would want the user to save before changing the file. Another example would be the shut down window.
Modeless is where you can click outside the window. This would be used in pretty much any case where you can’t come up with a reason why you should not allow the user to click out of the window.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Brandon Farmer

Brandon Farmer — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:26:44 +0000

Brandon Farmer
What is a modeless form and what is a modal form?
A modeless form means that the form itself doesn’t require immediate user input before being closed or for interaction with other controls to take place. Modeless forms are also harder to program because users can access them in an unpredictable order. The Find dialog box accessible from the Edit menu in Visual Studio is a perfect example of a modeless dialog box. Modal form or windows are exactly the opposite because they have exclusive focus, meaning it requires user input before any other action can take place in the program. Controls that are outside of the modal form or window will not take any user interaction until the modal is dismissed. A modal form must also be closed or hidden before you can continue working with the rest of the application. These are the main differences between a modeless form and a modal form.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Eric

Eric — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:22:33 +0000

Modal forms retain focus by the system until the user has completed input or confirmed they are done with the form. A modal form is sometimes called a dialogue a box. Any other forms open within the program are usually hidden or cannot be selected until input has been given on the modal form.
Modeless forms do not require input to be completed before switching to another form within the program, and do not retain focus by default.
An example to help understand this concept is a user choosing a file from a file open dialogue box. The user may not select another window/form within the program until the user has either selected the file, or pressed the cancel button. The file dialogue box is an example of a modal form.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Jesse Barrett

Jesse Barrett — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:22:17 +0000

A modal dialog box makes the user enter some sort of input before allowing them to continue. It is possible, however, to perform other tasks without closing the dialog box by pressing the alt and tab keys at the same time, thus hiding the dialog box. An example of a situation where a modeless dialog box is used is an error dialog box. A modeless dialog box, on the other hand, allows the user to minimize the dialog box and open or use other applications while still having the dialog box open. Modeless forms can be more difficult to program because the user does not access them in any particular order.

Comment on What is a “modeless” form? What is a “modal” form? by Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:18:05 +0000

Modal windows are windows that don’t let you go to other windows. For example, if you go to shut down menu it will not allow you to go to any other windows. But other types of windows like the save windows allow you to go to other programs like internet browsers, whereas the shutdown menu won’t allow you to go to any other windows. Modeless forms allow you to go between windows freely like being on a web browser, which allows you to switch between the other windows open freely and do not force you to be within one program.

Comment on Team Rotation by Raymond Stewart

Raymond Stewart — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:07:10 +0000

Team Rotation – I both like and somewhat dislike the rotating positions. Let’s go over the likes first. The thing I like about the rotation is that I learn a lot about what I can and cannot do well, just like I thought I was going to be a terrible hardware person but it turns out I was pretty good at managing hardware. The thing I don’t like about it is getting the position where I must be the scribe just because sometimes people do things without telling me and it doesn’t get recorded. I also don’t like when things get overly complicated when we have people working on the same thing but they are doing two different things. For example getting wordpress installed onto the wamp server, because we have the confusion it wasted a lot of time, the next day it was set up in less than 10 minutes and all we had to do was follow the directions. Not sure if it can be improved because I am well aware that you cannot please everyone because everybody is different.

Comment on Team Rotation by Glenda Anderson

Glenda Anderson — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:06:43 +0000

Team Rotation
I learned from team rotation that it is good to know many things so if someone in your group is absent the project will not suffer from the lack of knowledge missing because of an absence. Especially when there is a deadline to meet and consequences for either a student environment or an actual business. I liked the process and I think it should be practiced in both school and business because it gives everyone hands-on experience in every area. It can be improved by if the information necessary to perform the new function is documented so you will know what you need to do. It is hard trying to take on new duties or skill sets if you don’t know what you are doing and just thrown in a situation that means the difference to success and failure. No one wants to fail especially when other people are depending on you; no one lives in a vacuum so instructions or assistance in the rotation process would be helpful and needed.