Shared ETO dialog

Scripting
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I have a non-modal ETO dialog which contains various tools for modeling, layouts etc… I often have several Rhino files open and have to open a new instance of the dialog for each instance of Rhino. Is there a way to open the dialog so it is available to each instance of Rhino?

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Hi @GaryC,

Make sure to set the form’s parent window to Rhino.

test_modeless_form.py (2.4 KB)

– Dale

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Thanks Dale,
That’s part of the oddity. I do have it parented exactly as you have it. I thought that would make it available to each Rhino instance, but as soon as I select another open instance of Rhino the dialog disappears and I have to open a new one. If I open the dialog from the task manager in Windows the instance of Rhino that it was originally opened from takes the focus.
Cheers,
Gary

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Hi @GaryC,

That’s not going to happen. Your dialog is bound to a single instance of Rhino. Thus, each running copy of Rhino will have it’s own dialog.

– Dale

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OK, thanks. So be it!