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  1. Subject:     Re: Part Server
  2. Sent:        7/9/96 12:42 PM
  3. Received:    7/9/96 12:51 PM
  4. From:        Damon Cokenias, cokenias@mtn-palace.com
  5. Reply-To:    ODF Interest, ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
  6. To:          OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
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  9. >I see two methods to communicate information between my parts and my
  10. >background part server:
  11. >
  12. >1. AppleEvents
  13. >2. OD extensions
  14. >
  15. >What is the best way?
  16. >
  17. >If OD extensions is the best way, then how can a background task
  18. >communicate with the extension of an OpenDoc part?
  19. >
  20. >Serge
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  22. You'll need to wait for DSOM before you can reliably call a SOM object that
  23. is in a different process.  So the short answer is "use AppleEvents".
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  25. -Damon
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  29. |   /\    Damon Cokenias                                                |
  30. |  /^^\   cokenias@mtn-palace.com                                       |
  31. | /____\  Visit the Mountain Palace at http://www.netgate.net/~cokenias |
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