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From: goldman@apple.com (Phil Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HELP!!! MultiFinder EXPERT NEEDED!!!
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Date: 2 Dec 89 03:52:45 GMT
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In article <328@hermix.UUCP> lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) writes:
> What we need is to ask MultiFinder if a program is still running..
> Apple cannot tell me, and I cannot find the information anywhere..

You certainly can do this, without even breaking.  However, it must be 
done with the help of an init.  You can simply patch some trap that is 
guaranteed to get called at Launch time, such as _OpenResFile(CurApName), 
and also patch _ExitToShell (after MF does).  With this, you can watch 
each and every app launch and quit.  It's not pretty, but it's simple and 
it works.

My views aren't necessarily Apple's, especially the part about never 
breaking.

-Phil Goldman