[comp.sys.mac.programmer] NOtification Manager woes...

schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) (03/31/91)

I am using the notification manager to place my SICN in the menubar
over the apple menu.  This, of course, is simple.  However, I need to
push the envelope of the known Notification Manager boundaries...

There are two things that I have been struggling to accomplish (and am
probably asking too much of the manager):

1) be able to force the SICN to appear (the first time) at a specific
time.  I don't need microsecond accuracy, but to the nearest tick or two
is what I'm looking for...

2) be able to have my SICN and the apple alternate _while_ I am
in a program loop.  I assumed it was only necessary to call GetNextEvent
(like some technote says), but no luck.  Even calling SystemTask in
addition proved useless...

If you have or can think of anything that I might try, please drop me
an e-mail.  In the meantime, back to the "notification" board...

Thanks.  schorsch@tiger.oxy.edu