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From: kmarko@hpdml93.HP.COM (Kurt Marko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Window closer for Multifinder
Message-ID: <470005@hpdml93.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Aug 89 14:54:58 GMT
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>    I was wondering if anybody knows of a program (CDEV, INIT, patch
>or whatever) that will do the following.  When I switch from an 
>application to the finder it will bring the desktop as the top window 
>so I can open other applications and disks without having to manually
>close or rearrange the previously opened windows.  It just that going
>   [proverbial 'stuff deleted]

While it doesn't do exactly what you request, I believe that Tablecloth
from User-Tek would be an acceptable solution.  Tablecloth is an INIT
app combination which allows one to hide the windows from all 'background'
applications in Multifinder by triple-clicking in the desktop area.  In
your example, you would swich application layers to the Finder, and
by triple-clicking on the desktop, hide all the windows from all other
apps.  One problem however, is that Tablecloth also hides the disk icons
in the Finders layer when in 'hide' mode.  Overall, I've found it to be
a reasonable, although not optimal, solution to window clutter.

Tablecloth is available directly from UserTek (don't have the number
handy...check out the back of recent MacWeeks for ad), or from 
ComputerWare.

Kurt Marko
kmarko@hpdml93.hp.com

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