Find already opened modal dialog

Dear Friends,
I have opened the modal dialog through some action. But in my application
there is a chance for opening Modal dialog from other thread (due to some notification from server). Is there any way to check programatically, whether the modal dialog is already opened or not. If any one knows please help me, It is very urgent.
Thanks,
V.S.Saravanan

hi,
what about this:
public class MyMessageShower
private static boolean isShowing = false;
public static void showErrorMessage ()
    isShowing = true;
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (...);
    isShowing = false;
public static boolean isShowing ()
    return isShowing;
}greetz,
Stijn

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Is there a fix for modal dialogs opening behind palettes -cs6 -osx 10.6.8

Is there a fix for modal dialogs open behind palettes in
Photoshop cs6 13.0 (createive cloud update) + OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro?
( I am using 2 monitors where the second monitor is set to be the menu display. cs4 does not exhibit this bug. )
Toggling the Application Frame off improves the hiding 'feature' but this does not include the desired continuous floating in front of palettes in all circumstances.
An example is Blending Options, then chose Stroke, then chose the Color Picker. After clicking OK, the Blending Options dialog now sits behind the palettes. One trick is to click on another app, then back to cs6 to force a window redraw.
It sure would help me if this could be solved. I am preparing educational videos and this display bug makes things very troublesome.
Thanks for any help. If I find a solution, I will post to this thread so everyone can benefit.

The setting for the graphics check box Does Not make a difference. If I have a new document window open, then add a layer, then open the blending options > drop shadow > edit the color > the chooser dialog opens, and immediately both dialog windows drop behind the palettes AND any document windows.
The same behavior for the Preferences dialog > guides > color.
The quick workaround is to click another app, then back to CS6. A real pain, of course.
It is only a factor when opening a second (child) dialog box.
Other CS6 apps do work correctly (eg. FW AE)
I have yet to get a handle on this. Mac OSX 10.6.8 CS6 13.0 x64
Thanks for your replies, and the long reply time for me was a vaction away from the office.

How to open a modal dialog on another modal dialog?

Hi,
I am developing a plugin for Acrobat XI. The plugin adds a menu item. On clicking the menu item a dialog is opened.
The dialog have some text and two buttons. One of the button closes the dilaog and the other button opens another dialog. All the dialogs are modal.
I am using DialogBox method to create both dialog boxes.
I am able to open the first dialog window using the above method (Please refer FirstModalDialog.jpg) but only the components of second dialog is displayed without any window (SecondModalDialog.jpg).
Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong??
Thanks

I've never seen this effect, but here are a couple of things to try.
1. Try bypassing the first dialog and just showing the second with the same code already used for that SECOND. (Reason: to test if it is invisible for some other reason unrelated to it being the second dialog).
2. Drop the dialog code into a freestanding app, make the miminum changes to get it to compile, test. (Reason: to see if this is related to Acrobat, or to dialog handling).

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