[comp.sys.mac] Backgrounding in MultiFinder

ranson@crcge1.UUCP (D. Ranson CNET) (08/21/87)

Can a background task under MultiFinder make itself foreground? e.g. by
posting a mouseDown event in its window? I'm thinking about things like
a screen blanker that would wait for idleness in the background, then show
a black window.

The BIX article was unclear about limitations of background tasks. Is file
I/O really OK? How about creating or selecting a window?

    Daniel Ranson
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