mendozag@pur-ee.UUCP (Grado) (03/22/89)
I need to write a program for Multifinder that sits in the
background waiting for a file to be created by another application
and then process that file and goes back to wait.
(no windows or menus). How do you set a program for background only?
Has anybody done anything similar? I'd love to see some sample
code in LSC or MPW.
Also, what other ways besides using _OpenDeskAcc can be used to
switch between applications in Multifinder (programming).
Thanks a BuNDLe in advance
Victoralexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) (03/27/89)
In article <11071@pur-ee.UUCP> mendozag@pur-ee.UUCP (Victor M Grado) writes: > I need to write a program for Multifinder that sits in the > background waiting for a file to be created by another application > and then process that file and goes back to wait. > (no windows or menus). How do you set a program for background only? Just open up your "SIZE" resource with a recent ResEdit (>=1.2b2, I think). You will see a yes/no option, "Only Background." Set it to true, along with the "Can Background" bit. That's it. MultiFinder will launch it into the background, and it will not recieve any user events. After it's launched, the launching application will continue to run. If you have an earlier resedit, I think the "Only Background" bit is right after the "Multifinder Aware" bit. Take a look at Backgounder, which comes in all Multifinder system releases. > Also, what other ways besides using _OpenDeskAcc can be used to > switch between applications in Multifinder (programming). I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think that if you try to launch an already- open application, it will switch instead. I haven't tried this myself, though. Alexis Rosen alexis@ccnysci.uucp