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From: jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Launching with Document List
Message-ID: <1989Dec4.163228.8362@cs.swarthmore.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 16:32:28 GMT
Reply-To: jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu ()
Organization: Visual Geometry Project, Swarthmore College, PA
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(The novitiate kneels at the altar of the *.programmer gods, holding
his flaming offering above his head.  Sparks ride torrents of hot air
from the miniature inferno, which closer inspection reveals to be
THE COMPLETE MAC TECHNOTES, flambe'...)

I'm interested in launching an application with a list of documents
for it to open. This is *not* for a full Finder substitute, it's for
a "ReadMail" program which hands off various mail messages to their
appropriate document-readers (MacPaint for PNTG, MacWrite for TEXT, etc.).

Problem: I can't find (InsideMac, TechNotes) instructions for setting
up the file-list and passing it to a newly-launched application. I 
imagine this must be documented *somewhere*--in days past, Finder
substitutes were a dime a dozen and even today, lots of programs
(e.g. Powerstation) are doing it fine.  Hacking with TMON shows that
this block is actually sitting in the application's heap when the
application opens---how do you get it in there before Launch?

Any assistance you can offer will heap blessings upon thy head.

Thanks!



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