Eric.J.Baumgartner@dartmouth.edu (Eric J. Baumgartner) (03/24/91)
Does anyone know how to launch another application from your own code, but have the launching application remain in the foreground? _Launch doesn't seem to want to do that. This would be quite useful 'cause I want to launch an app. designed to run in the background, and the user shouldn't have to do anything to return to where they started. (In fact, they don't even need to know it's been done.) Please respond via email; I'll summerize if there's interest. Eric Baumgartner Internet: ebaum@dartmouth.edu Interactive Media Lab Applelink: DARTMED Dartmouth Medical School -- This space for rent. --
niko@iastate.edu (Schuessler Nikolaus E) (03/24/91)
In article <1991Mar23.172617.22947@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Eric.J.Baumgartner@dartmouth.edu (Eric J. Baumgartner) writes: >Does anyone know how to launch another application from your own code, >but have the launching application remain in the foreground? _Launch >doesn't seem to want to do that. This would be quite useful 'cause I >want to launch an app. designed to run in the background, and the user >shouldn't have to do anything to return to where they started. (In >fact, they don't even need to know it's been done.) > >Please respond via email; I'll summerize if there's interest. > I'd be interested in seeing if it's possible ...... Niko Schuessler niko@iastate.edu --
peter@runx.oz.au (Peter Marks) (04/10/91)
Summary: Use onlyBackground flag Expires: References: <1991Mar23.172617.22947@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Sender: Followup-To: Reply-To: Distribution: Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia. Keywords: I haven't tried this but if an app has the bits in its size resource set so that canBackground and onlyBackground are both set then the sublaunched app (with no user interface etc) will stay in the background. This might be useful for some sort of IAC server application. Peter. -- peter@runxtsa.runx.oz