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Q68140: Modeless Dialogs May Be Clipped by Small Application Workspace

Article: Q68140
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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SUMMARY
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If an application workspace has been resized to be quite small, any modeless
dialogs that are generated by the program may be clipped by the boundaries of
the workspace window, making it difficult to see or access various fields and/or
buttons.

MORE INFORMATION
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Modeless dialogs allow you to access the application's menu bar, tool bar, and
other documents opened by the application, without closing the dialog first.
This generally allows a function or command to be applied to a number of
different documents. A typical use for a modeless dialog would be a
spell-checker dialog, such as the one used by PowerPoint for Windows.

If modeless dialogs are implemented so that their parent window is the
application window, the dialog must be contained within the boundaries of that
application window. In addition, they may be implemented in such a way that they
are actually treated like an open document in a MDI (multiple document
interface) application, and appear under the application's Window menu along
with the other open-document windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 win30 3.00a power point mode less

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

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