Question Modeless Dialog Active when Modal Dialog Displayed

[tim8w]

Is there a way to launch a Modeless Dialog that stays active even when a Modal Dialog is launched? Can I put the Modeless Dialog in a seperate Thread or something like that?

 

[jmcilhinney]

When you say "modeless dialogue", do you actually mean a modeless dialogue, i.e. an owned form, or just some form that you have displayed?

 

[tim8w]

jmcilhinney,
I have a Modal form where the user can click on a button and bring up a modeless form or another Modal form. Once the Modelss form is up, I would like it to be accessible even if the user has subsequently selected a Modal form. I want my Modeless form to behave kind of like the old HelpFiles. They remained accessible even when a Modal form was displayed.

 

[tim8w]

Never could get it to respond correctly so I just ended up compiling the Form in question and calling it as an "exe" using the Shell command:

Shell(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "/MyForm.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, False)