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- From: mezrich@aramis.rutgers.edu (Reuben Mezrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Launch command
- Message-ID: <Sep.2.14.45.13.1992.8576@aramis.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 18:45:13 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Does anyone have information about the _Launch trap on the Mac? I
- have had some difficulty in getting it to function properly. I have a
- driver which is calling the _Launch trap while running behind the
- Finder. It works under System 6.0.3, but acts rather oddly, and does
- not work under System 7 at all. The problems under System 6.0.3:
- Certain programs (like ResEdit) will come up without thier normal
- startup windows (ResEdit will normally start with it's "About..."
- window).
- Under MultiFinder, the screen is cleared when the _Launch is
- executed. This does not happen when an application is launched by
- double-clicking.
- Under MultiFinder, the _Launch command will cause background
- applications to close if they are opened when it is executed.
- Also, I wonder if finder is bothered by having the _Launch trap
- executed from a driver running in it's background (I mean, is their
- some cleanup actions which Finder might do doing a normal application
- startup that my driver will not do). As far as System 7
- goes, I imagine that there have been changes, but aren't they upwardly
- compatible ? If not, what is the simplest way to do what I am doing
- under System 7.
- One more, unrelated, question. Does anyone know where I might
- find a copy of the SPInside Macintosh stack. I have a copy which does
- not have the figures and the tech notes. Where can I download the
- stack from?
- Please only respond by posting on this newsgroup. This is a
- friend's computer account, and I will not read the mail.
-
- Thanks,
- David Grossberg
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-