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An old chestnut, dialogs in Windows that once opened stop you using other opened dialogs. Considering that dialogs are just little windows, it shouldn't be a problem, but it is.

Here's my problem. I've started to keep notes of stuff I've found on the web etc in, well, the Notes tab.

Later on I might discover that the information in those Notes should be copied over into a Source, but you can't have more than one Properties dialog open at a time and you can't enter text into a Properties dialog whilst a Notes dialog is open.

I can work around it, but basically I shouldn't have to if dialogs were amodel, that is, their state doesn't affect the state of any other window.


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There are quite a few programming challenges usings Amodal boxes, so I suspect this would be a very long term wish list item you can of course copy data from box to box simply by using the normal copy option.
Personally I keep uncatagorised and unchecked data against lists.

There are quite a few programming challenges usings Amodal boxes

Agreed, but it can be done. I've always strived in the past to program in this manner. Often depends on the development suite used though.

you can of course copy data from box to box simply by using the normal copy option

Not without closing the dialog box being copied from as being modal I can't change focus from it to another window. [cry]
It just seems odd to include a Notes tab for storing all the bits and bobs we discover on the web etc but then make it difficult to use the information stored there elsewhere in the program.

Try using the Records window direct the copy and paste is easier.

I tend to use the Notes on Lists for unproven data, as the Notes with in records turn up on reports if I forger to double square bracket them.