The AnimateWindow() function provides special effects (roll, slide, collapse, expand, and alpha-blended fade) for showing and hiding windows. It is an alternative to the ShowWindow() function. However, in the case of a modal dialog, ShowWindow() is not call directly by the user, but by the fr a mework, through the DoModal() method. This article shows how to fix this problem for modal dialogs.-The AnimateWindow () function provides sp ecial effects (roll, slide, collapse, expand, and alpha-blended fade) for showing and hiding windows. It is an alternative to the ShowWindow () function. However, in the case of a modal dialog. ShowWindow () is not call directly by the user, but by the fr a mework. through the DoModal () method. This article sho ws123 how to fix this problem for modal dialogs.