Chapter 3. Dialogs
A dialog is defined by its usage. If a form is the application's main window, it's a window, not a dialog. However, if a form pops up in response to a user request for service, such as a request to open a file, and stops all other user interactions with the application, it's a dialog (a modal dialog, specifically).
However, things get a little murky when we consider modeless dialogs. They don't stop the user from interacting with the rest of the application, but they do provide a means of interaction outside the main window.
What makes things a bit murkier is the WinForms terminology. Standard dialogs are exposed by the XxxDialog family of components, such as the FileOpenDialog. Most of these components support only modal ...
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