You're aboslutely right, the dialog I'm displaying is definately modeless
:-)
I was trying to place a handy windows hook to monitor certain activites
during DYN mode. Still, I found nothing new and it definately crashes ACAD
if DYNMODE > 1 while my modeless window is visible, and I guess it's
something related to how ACAD processes certain operations. After hours of
trying I kind of narrowed source of error to the point when ACAD gets to
display an Arc/Circle jig (?!?), but this sounds so insane that I just quit
experimenting further.
Experiment results (modeless window is visible, DYN mode status is
irrelevant):
ACAD2006, .NET 2.0, VS.NET 2005
1) user draws a line/pline/whatever - just not an arc/circle: everything's
fine
2) user draws an arc/circle - standard jig lines of arc/circle are
invisible, when diameter is confirmed ACAD crashes
3) DYN input boxes work fine, crashes when DYN tries to draw a helper arc
(see 2)
Regards,
Maksim Sestic
"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
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"BTW, modal dialog I'm firing does not receive a focus (ever),
receives only mouse input and does not interfere with ACAD
in any other way. "
How can that be? A modal dialog disables the AutoCAD window.
That's the definition of 'modal' - the user is forced to interact
with that dialog, and cannot access the other windows in the
application until they close it.
Perhaps you are confusing modal and modeless ?
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"Maksim Sestic" wrote in message
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I also tried creating a simple Graphics canvas (say, Tooltip-alike) being
fired by PointMonitor, and it still conflicts with Dynamic Input. Everything
else works just fine. BTW, modal dialog I'm firing does not receive a focus
(ever), receives only mouse input and does not interfere with ACAD in any
other way. There is something tricky about Dynamic Input implementation
(2006), and I'm suspecting it's related to "TextBox" input control.
Now, have you ever seen a "tooltip" that gains a focus over it's parent? 🙂
That's exactly what DYN does. This is "no good" and I would never go down
that path myself. Instead, I would make a "fake" input control tied to
ACAD's keyboard hook, an exact replica of a classic TextBox (cursor
blinking, etc.) if that was the point.
Regards,
Maksim Sestic
"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
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You can't display a modal dialog from that kind
of event, and expect anything to work.
Did you ever see an application of any type that
pops up modal dialogs in response to nothing
but cursor movement ?
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"Maksim Sestic" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
My solution based on watching Editor.PointMonitor events seems to conflict
with Dynamic Input (?!)... What I'm doing is firing a modal dialog (the one
that never receives a focus) when PointMonitor intercepts certain entities
within pickbox. I also tried with custom System.Drawing.Graphics (no dialog)
solution and all, but AutoCAD crashes as soon as Dynamic Input toolboxes
start to appear. Other "regular" tooltips (like OSNAP's) work just fine,
side-by-side with my app.
Regards,
Maksim Sestic
