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I am writing a BBS-type of program which relies heavily upon moving
files and messages from one place to another, deleting them, etc.
I would like to draw the Icons of the disks and b-boards and of
course the trash and maybe a printer on the desktop.

However, IM doesn't help!  The best I can do is getWMgrPort to get
the entire screen, then clipAbove to remove the windows on the desk-
top.  I can then draw what I want onto the desktop.  Also, I have used
the deskHook for desktop clicks and redrawing under exposure, but what
I would like to know is this:  is there a better way?

I realize that this is probably counter to every guideline ever put
out by Apple, but if the Finder does it, I should be able to do it too.
I have tried to use MacNosy on the Finder, but have you ever tried to
understand a 56K AL file with labels like proc54, and global102(a5)?

The only alternative that I could think of is to make a window with a
gray background pattern and make it the ghost window (so frontWindow
won't act strange).

Thanks in advance

Justin

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