[comp.sys.mac.programmer] Concurrent programs under Finder

CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) (02/06/90)

I recently heard something weird about AppleShare and the Print Server.  There
is a 'fgnd' resource in the Print Server, and somehow this allows the program
to run concurrently with the file server under Finder.

The person who told me about this copied the 'fgnd' resource into the SUM
Tools program, and then was able to run it concurrently with the file server
(we were trying to trace problems with file allocation on the server).

Does anyone know what the 'fgnd' resource is, and how it works?

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lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (02/07/90)

In article <90036.174528CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu 
(Christopher Tate) writes:
> Does anyone know what the 'fgnd' resource is, and how it works?

It is simply a flag to the AppleShare server software that indicates the 
application follows the rules about running as a foreground app.  
AppleShare will only run apps in the foreground that contain this resource 
(or that are of type 'fgnd' I believe).

I don't remember all the rules but the main one is that foreground apps 
aren't allowed to create, delete, etc. files on the server (they can do 
this in the Server Folder, however).

Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist

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