gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (10/10/90)
------- How do Mac programs get launched under A/UX? And how do they get their file names? That is, if I use the command shell and type "Word myDoc", Word will open myDoc. Is "myDoc" passed to Word as a document to be opened, as it would if you had double clicked on myDoc in MultiFinder? Is there any way to pass more info to a Mac program, that is, to add switches like on a Unix command line, e.g WhizzyApp file1 file2 -x -Z ? I don't have access to A/UX docs at the moment, but if this sort of stuff is documented anywhere -- or hints about programming Mac apps under A/UX in general, I'd appreciate any leads. Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================
lantz@Apple.COM (Bob Lantz) (10/11/90)
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >How do Mac programs get launched under A/UX? And how do they get their file >names? That is, if I use the command shell and type "Word myDoc", Word will >open myDoc. ... This is described briefly in the manual page for launch(1) (/mac/bin/launch, not the other launch.) From the Mac application's point of view, the parameter mechanism is the same old AppParmHandle described in Inside Mac volume II. >Robert Bob Lantz A/UX Team