Modeless Message Box 

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Due to the fact that some WinSock APIs block until data is recieved, it is useful to have a message box that we can create and destroy in the program.  This is used when the an application is blocking for data.  We can show them a message while the application is blocking, and then automatically kill the message box when data is recieved.  I have derived a simple modeless dialog class to accomplish this. 

Source Files 

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DGModeless.cpp 
DGModeless.h 

The class is called CDGModelessMessage and is contained in the files DGModeless.cpp and DGModeless.H.  These files are very straight forward.  Very simply, there is a dialog template for the message box included in each project's resources that uses CDGModelessMessage.  The program can create the message box and launch it with two simple calls.  This should be done immediately before a call to a blocking operation.  Then the application can kill the message box when the blocking operation is complete.  Here is an example: 

CDGModelessMessage dg("Place the message here.", "Place the title of the message box here."); 
dg.Show(); 

Call to blocking operation... 

dg.Kill(); 

That's all there is to it.  Note that the first parameter to the CDGModelessMessage constructor is the actual message you want to show.  The second parameter is the title of the message box.  The second parameter is optional. 

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