Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!usc!apple!das
From: das@Apple.COM (David Shayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Determining whether MultiFinder is present
Message-ID: <45479@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 90 05:22:53 GMT
References: <10540.270e461f@amherst.bitnet>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <10540.270e461f@amherst.bitnet> mbabramowicz@amherst.bitnet writes:
>Tech Notes seem to say that you can't determine whether or not Multifinder is
>present. But Font/DA Mover seems to know whether it's present (if it is, it
>gives you that annoying dialog informing you that fonts/das installed won't
>really be installed until you start up again.) Does anyone know how it does
>this or have any other comments about this?

You probably know the standard answer to this:  You don't need to know.
Instead, check for the specific feature you need, because in future versions
of the OS various features that you associate with MultiFinder may exist
without MultiFinder.  The Programmers Guide to MultiFinder, available from
APDA, tells how to check for each of the individual features you might use.

If you simply want to know for academic interest, there are several different
(and very easy) ways to check, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the
reader.

David