I am developing an app for Windows Mobile 6 and there is a CameraCaptureDialog class that enables me to call a camera app from my own application. The class has an Owner property that most examples on the internet set to "this".

cam.Owner = this;

What exactly does this do? I've seen a similar scenario with Windows Forms components/controls by setting the Parent control. In that case I guess it's used only for layout algorithms, but other than that, is there any useful purpose?

I don't see how setting an owner of the CameraCaptureDialog can (and actually does not) make any difference (at least not a visible one).

Any insight would be appreciated.