Windows

• Provides title text for all windows and follows guidelines for defining correct title bar text and icon
• Supports single window instance model: brings the existing window to the top of the Z order when the user attempts to reopen a view or window that is already open
• Uses common dialog boxes, where applicable
• Follows common dialog box conventions when substituting these dialog boxes
• Saves and restores the window state
• Adjusts window size and position to the appropriate screen size
• Uses modeless secondary windows, wherever possible
• Avoids system modal secondary windows, except in the case of possible loss of data
• Automatically supplies a proposed name upon the creation of a new object
• Uses the appropriate message symbol in message boxes
• Provides a brief but clear statement of problem and possible remedies in message boxes
• Organizes properties into property sheets, using property pages for peer properties and list controls for hierarchical navigation
• Places command buttons that apply to the page inside a tabbed page (for example, a property sheet), and outside of a page when the user applies by window (as a set)
• Follows single document window interface (SDI) or multiple document interface (MDI or MDI alternatives) conventions