[Mac/CC 2014] modal dialogs can't be displayed

Hi everybody,
I have ported a plugin from CS6 to CC2014, which works fine for almost everything, except one. Modal dialogs seems not to work anymore. For example, this code:
CAlert::InformationAlert(PMString("Hey, display me!"));
makes InDesign freezing. More precisely, InDesign displays a while rectangle, which seems to be the modal dialog. But there is nothing more, juste this white rectangle. I can move it, but can't interact with it. As it is a modal dialog, the application refuses all further interaction, and I can't close that modal.
I have noticed this behavior was the same with, for example, a Yes/No modal dialog. I suppose this happens on every modal dialog types.
Is there anything that can cause a modal dialog not to be able to display correctly?
Some pieces of informations on versions :
OS : Mac OS 10.9.4
InDesign : 10.1.0.71
Thanks to anybody providing any piece of advice.
Rémi

Must have opened my eyes after waking up...
I think I guessed what happens. This modal dialog is called from a model plugin, which works in CS6. I guess Adobe has removed support on anything that is UI-related in model plugin. But instead of generating an error, it makes some mess. I'll try to move the piece of code surrounding the modal dialog call to my UI plugin and see what happens.

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