SAMPLE: App Demonstrates Modal and Modeless Dialog Boxes

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q11958
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

TAB is a sample application that demonstrates the differences between modal and modeless dialog boxes. It also demonstrates using a dialog box within a dialog box, changing the text in a push button, tabbing between push buttons, and disabling a push button. TAB also demonstrates how an application processes the messages received when the user selects a push button.

Download TAB.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download TAB.EXE (size: 22882 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get TAB.EXE (size: 22882 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 softlib TAB.EXE
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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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