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 framework, 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 framework. through the DoModal () method. This article sho ws123 how to fix this problem for modal dialogs.