Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!nsc!voder!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: another tasker idea Message-ID: <12681@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 23 Jun 88 05:24:28 GMT References: <146@thelink.UUCP> Reply-To: keith@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Keith Rollin) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 25 In article <146@thelink.UUCP> oliver@thelink.UUCP (Joel Sumner) writes: > [stuff about existance of Switch events ] >'switchEvt' (supposedly not supported yet). I imagine that this is intended >as something in the "SWITCHER" realm but could this be used to tell the >program to make a 'Switch' back to whatever program is controlling the >Multitasking.. (Is there any way to even use it since it is >unsupported?)... Please don't confuse "Reserved" with "Unsupported"! Page 7-14 of the GS ToolBox reference manual states that Switch events are not implemented at this time. Anyone trying to usurp them for their own use may be introuble if/when Apple decides to do so multi-tasking. We provide you with 4 user-definable event types. If you need more than 4, you can extend their defintions by passing back specific messages in the event record (placed there with PostEvent). > > Another little didy... Since NDA's are just regular programs that don't >start up any tools (except for the ones that they may need that aren't >already there)... Is there any way to make the machine think that a program >is a New Desk Accessory? (Multi Finder already switches Applications by use Unfortunately, NDA's aren't that closely related to regular applications. They are structured a little differently, and actually are expected to accept some calls that normal applications don't get (like "CursorAction")