NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/programm/14773

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From: [e-mail] (Tague Griffith )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Open file at launch time?
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Date: 31 Aug 92 11:33:32 GMT
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Subject says it all.

Under system 7.0, when your application is opened, the finder first sends the
application an kAEOpenApplication ('oapp')  apple event.  Your application
should respond by doing anything it needs to do at startup.  Then the finder
sends your application an kAEOpenDocuments 'odoc' event which includes a list
of alias records to the double clicked files, resolve the aliases and then
open the files.  Pretty much the same thing with the print document event as
well.

Under system 6.0.x you can use the CountAppFiles, GetAppFiles, and ClrAppFiles
procedures to handle this.  Your application really should support both
methods, since system 6.0.x is still the latest version of the os in many
languages.  The Apple Event stuff is documented in IM VI (including example
code) and the *AppFiles routines in IM II.  Plus, I think the
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