Pause for another Window?

Getting Started
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I’d like to pause the activity in one window while the user interacts with another window, and then return control to the calling window when done.

For example:

(in Window1 method) 'hide controls from Phase1 InstructionsWindow.ShowThis(somestring) 'show controls for Phase2

Sub Instructions.ShowThis(str as string) 'display str InstructionsGoButton.visible = true me.ShowModal

Sub InstructionsGoButton.Action Instructions.close
When they press the GoButton, I’d like to return control to Window1. But I don’t want the Phase2 controls to appear until Instructions are closed.

Should I return some variable (from InstructionsGoButton.Action? from Instructions.ShowThis?) that lets Window1 know when to proceed? Or do I need to use cycles with a busywaiting checking some global variable? I feel like I’m missing a straightforward solution.

Thanks!

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ShowModalWithin?

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Seems like you need to show a modal window

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@Markus Winter - ShowModalWithin makes it slide down from top (on MacOS), which I find annoying to watch :wink:

@Julio Debroy - Yes! Thanks for the simple solution!

The window type had been “1 - Movable Modal”, but when I changed it to “2 - Modal Dialog” it works.
The calling function is still “me.ShowModal” (not ShowModalWithin)

Thanks everyone!

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ShowModalWithin is specific to that window and stops that window from continuing

ShowModal is specific to the app and stops all windows from progressing until the modal one is closed