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title: "what is the difference between modal and modeless dialog box ?"  
description: "what is the difference between modal and modeless dialog box ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-03-28  
updated: 2020-09-24  
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category: "visual c++"  
tags: ["visual c++"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# what is the difference between modal and modeless dialog box ?

Difference between modal an modaless dialog box.\
Modal does not allow user to go back to parent window and work in it untill it is not exited While Modeless allows to work in parent window.\
Other differnce is of creation and displaying of dialog object.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Difference between modal an modaless dialog box.\
Modal does not allow user to go back to parent window and work in it untill it is not exited While Modeless allows to work in parent window.\
Other differnce is of creation and displaying of dialog object.


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