36. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said dialog box control system further comprises: a dialog controller constructed and arranged to control said plurality of dialogs in accordance with said selected dialog launch modality, said dialog controller forwarding certain ones of said dialog box control requests generated by said graphical user interface to said selected ones of said plurality of dialogs, and to selectively cause said generation of said operating system calls.
36. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said dialog box control system further comprises: a dialog controller constructed and arranged to control said plurality of dialogs in accordance with said selected dialog launch modality, said dialog controller forwarding certain ones of said dialog box control requests generated by said graphical user interface to said selected ones of said plurality of dialogs, and to selectively cause said generation of said operating system calls. 37. The computer system of claim 36, wherein said dialog box control system further comprises: a dialog launch modality determinator constructed and arranged to determine said selected dialog launch modality, wherein said dialog launch modality determinator reconciles a global dialog modality representing a dialog launch modality assigned to the computer-based system and an assigned dialog modality assigned to said selected dialog box, said determinator making said determination in accordance with predetermined selection criteria.