On Saturday 19 July 2008 02:03:58 pm Paul McNett wrote:
> johnf wrote:
> > On Saturday 19 July 2008 09:02:40 am Paul McNett wrote:
> >> If the parent of the dialog is on the other form, then that form could
> >> come forward when the focus switches to the dialog. Which is why I asked
> >> about the parent of the dialog...
> >
> > I haven't checked yet - but what you say makes sense.  But I wonder why
> > "form
> > B" the calling form in this case would not be the parent.
>
> It isn't dependent on who is the "calling form", it is dependent on who
> gets set as the parent object by sending the parent argument. So you could
> have this code in FormB:
>
> dlg = dabo.ui.dDialog(formA)
> dlg.show()
>
> Indeed, you could even have the parent not be a form:
>
> dlg = dabo.ui.dDialog(formA.lblFirstName)
> dlg.show()
>
> Not that you'd want to do that, the point being that it isn't who creates
> the dialog, but who is explicitly set as the parent...
>
> Normally, they'd be equal because you'd have:
>
> dlg = dabo.ui.dDialog(self)
> dlg.show()
>
> Paul


I'm sorry I have not checked this out yet.  Getting back from a vacation and 
need to fix a bunch of minor damages from wind and smoke.  


-- 
John Fabiani


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