open a palette window over a modal window under OS 9

[Garrett Hylltun]

Robert Brenstein wrote:
>> 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.
> 

I think that would be the way to go.  I've used that before myself.

-Garrett