open a palette window over a modal window under OS 9

[Robert Brenstein]

>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

Yes, Chris can try shuffling modes. However, I once needed to display 
some help info from a modal stack and if I recall correctly, I simply 
displayed another modal stack, which showed on top of the other modal 
stack. Closing it, returned control properly to the other modal. This 
was several releases of Rev ago, but should still work the same.

r