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From: vallon@sbmiclr.CS.SunySB.EDU (Justin Vallon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Shutdown sequence question
Keywords: shutdown manager finder quit
Message-ID: <4193@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 89 22:46:50 GMT
References: <1989Dec7.083540.3798@agate.berkeley.edu>
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In article <1989Dec7.083540.3798@agate.berkeley.edu>,
rgm@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Menke) writes:
> This is beginning to bother me.  How does the Finder (under
> MultiFinder) send messages to each of the open applications to close
> when the user selects "Shut Down" from the "Special" menu?
...
> [MPW's "shutdown" command fails to notify applications]

Shut Down from the Finder does not need to be patched.  Finder (when running
in MultiFinder mode) "knows" that it has to notify open applications about
a pending restart/shutdown.  What the Finder does is it looks for the "Quit"
item in the "File" menu of all open applications and calls it (it can do
that, you know... it's MultiFinder).  [I also remember that the defaults for
these strings can be overrided by some resource]  When all open applications
are closed (you can cancel a shutdown/restart by clicking on the Cancel
button in the "Save changes to ^0?" alert), the Finder then invokes the
Restart/Shutdown trap.  (All from memory, but I've heard this here before).

So, how to fix it?  If you have a Macro program (MacroMaker :-(, QuicKeys,
etc), create a Macro that clicks on the trash-can (to switch to the Finder
layer), and then calls menu item "Special"/"Shutdown".  The only problem with
the macro is that you can't hide the trash-can, which frequently happens.

I can't think of anything else off the top of my head.  Maybe somebody else
can come up with a solution.  Maybe a Switch-To-Finder FKEY?

> "It is a pity that you Autobots die so	|  Robert Menke
> easily..."				|    rgm@OCF.berkeley.edu
> 			-Galvatron	|    Robert.Menke@bmug.fidonet.org
>                TEAM CS -- Making Tomorrow's Mistakes Today!

-Justin
vallon@sbcs.sunysb.edu