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# Parent Windows

The parent window is the display area for the menus and child windows required by a user interface. The command `pc`, optionally followed by various styles, creates a new parent window:

- `pc` creates a standard parent window
- `pc owner` creates a parent window that is owned by the currently selected window. The owner is disabled until the new parent is closed.
- `pc dialog` creates a window that has a dialog box frame, that is, it cannot be resized.
- `pc closeok` creates a window that closes without an event when the user selects the window control menu item: Close.

  Parent windows are initially not visible. They can be displayed in various ways using the `pshow` command, for example `pshow sw_showmaximized` shows the parent window maximized (to fit the available screen). Typically, a parent window and all its children are created first, then the `pshow` command is given.

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