open a palette window over a modal window under OS 9

[Garrett Hylltun]

Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> This is not bug. In fact, I am very happy that this works properly in 
> Mac OS 9. There is no workaround that is practible and complies with 
> Apple's GUI rules. In every operating system, an application should halt 
> while a modal dialog is open, until the dialog closes.
> 
> I suggest you just accept that the Help window is not available, as Mac 
> OS 9 users would be surprised if they could access the Help window while 
> a modal dialog is open. They would consider it a bug in your software.

Ok, sounds logical to me, but, is it possible for Chris to change the 
mode of the modal stack to non-modal and change the palette stack to 
modal until the palette stack is dismissed and then set that stack back 
to modal after the palette is dismissed?

-Garrett