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- From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
- Subject: Re: processes and passing files to open...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.073041.16763@netcom.com>
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- References: <1djv2gINNjhd@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <1992Nov9.001906.7771@netcom.com> <1992Nov9.224655.15423@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 07:30:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.224655.15423@sbcs.sunysb.edu> rhorn@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (Robert Horn) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov9.001906.7771@netcom.com> leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
- >>In article <1djv2gINNjhd@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> rsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Roby Sherman) writes:
- >>>Hi.
- >>>
- >>>Under System 7, is it possible to tell the Process Manager what files to
- >>>open after starting a process? IE: I want Stuff-It Deluxe to launch and
- >>>then open a certain file. Is there any way to do this without Apple
- >>>Events?
- >>>
- >> Why would you want to do this WITHOUT Apple events?? Using AE's is
- >>the correct way to do this - in fact you can even pass the "open document"
- >>event along with the _LaunchApplication call if you want.
- >>
- >
- >How? According to IM6, if you set the launchAppParameters to NIL, the system
- >will automaticly generate an OpenApplication event and send that to the newly
- >launched application.
- >
- That's correct.
-
- >It also says that you can pass any high level event
- >through the launchAppParameters field, and says to look in the Event Manager
- >chapter for more information. To the best of my knowledge, neither the Event
- >Manager chapter, nor the AppleEvent chapter show the structure of the high
- >level event,
- >
- Yeah, that stuff is not too well documented.
-
- >Am I missing something really obvious? Is there a snippet that I should be
- >looking at?
- >
- Check out the ProcDoggie sample a DeveloperCD near you - it may even
- be available on ftp.apple.com if you look hard enough.
-
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