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From: goldman@apple.com (Phil Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Playing Sounds in Background
Message-ID: <3292@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Aug 89 02:26:17 GMT
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In article <1374@irisa.irisa.fr> boissier@irisa.irisa.fr (franck 
boissiere,externes ) writes:
> I am trying to play sounds in background on a Mac II

Are you sure you want to do this?  Could you use the background 
notification manager instead?

It seems to me that only the frontmost app should be able to make noise.  
I don't think this is written in stone anywhere, but all of the apps I 
have seen follow this convention.

-Phil Goldman
Apple Computer