Display a modal window in a single cocoa app

Hi,
I have a single cocoa app(non document base), I need to display another window modally, any hint how to do this? thanks,
Angelo

xcode960,
my friend, you are using outdated terminology. this is probably causing you no end of challenges.
the concept of a modal window has been laid to rest. why? well OS X is a true multi-tasking OS. so there are no windows That will grab the whole screen and not let it go. You can hack one up, but it is simply bad UI design, and leads to a poor user experience.
so lets talk about options:
1. Sheets. Apple developed the sheet concept to replace modal dialogs. it requires user input JUST LIKE modal windows, but sheets are Application specific and do not upset the multitasking nature of OS X.
2. tabs. you can make a hidden tabview with 2 views in your main window. the first one contains your application's ui, the second has your modal content. The tabs are hidden, which allows you to programatically switch them. This lets you take the UI away from the user and require them to deal with your modal content before you allow them to continue.
I'm sure there are many other ways of going about this, but the most important thing to be aware of is that Modal windows are highly discouraged these days, so support for them is NOT available.

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