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From: mnkonar@manyjars.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar)
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Subject: Re: tricking applications...
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Date: 9 Oct 89 19:58:14 GMT
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In article <52420@tiger.oxy.edu> sonenbli@oxy.edu (Andrew D. Sonenblick) writes:
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>     What are some of the more common methods of tricking applications
>  (running under MultiFinder as well as MonoFinder) into writing their
>  scraps ....

There was an issue of Byte magazine some time ago with an article 
called "Inside Multifinder" by Phil Goldman (I think).  Phil is one 
of the MultiFinder authors.  The article gave a good description of
how they perform "scrap coercion."  Basically they fake the launching
of a DA with its window way off screen.  Check the article out for
the details.


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