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Modality, part 8: A timed MessageBox, the better version

Keeping temporary state in a per-thread location without using TLS.
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Modality, part 7: A timed MessageBox, the cheap version

Exploiting the rules for handling of the WM_QUIT message.
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Modality, part 6: Interacting with a program that has gone modal

Respect the modality of a window.
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Modality, part 5: Setting the correct owner for modal UI

Which window are you supposed to use?
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Modality, part 4: The importance of setting the correct owner for modal UI

The visual state becomes out of sync with the stack state.
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Modality, part 3: The WM_QUIT message

The WM_QUIT message lets multiple modal loops communicate with each other.
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Modality, part 2: Code-modality vs UI-modality

The dichotomy breaks in the other direction, too.
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Modality, part 1: UI-modality vs code-modality

The two usually agree but are not required to.
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