Backgrounding in MultiFinder

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From: D. Ranson CNET
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1987 14:33

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Can a background task under MultiFinder make itself foreground? e.g. by
posting a mouseDown event in its window? I'm thinking about things like
a screen blanker that would wait for idleness in the background, then show
a black window.

The BIX article was unclear about limitations of background tasks. Is file
I/O really OK? How about creating or selecting a window?

    Daniel Ranson
    ...!seismo!mcvax!inria!{crcge1 or cnetlu}!ranson

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Subject: Backgrounding in MultiFinder
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 10:33:46 EDT
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