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From: dave@cmi.com (David Halonen)
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Subject: Re: Determine the foreground application
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Date: 17 Oct 90 12:28:51 GMT
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How can a background app come to the front, perform some task and then 
return the previous app to the front?  On a Mac.  Easy.

DrawMenuBar gets called as each app makes a major context switch.  Patch 
that sucker to keep track of who was on top before your app gets there and 
then do a OpenDeskApp on that name.  When DrawMenuBar is called, 
currAppName has the appropriate name filled in.  We've had great success 
with this.  Of course w/ System 7, a patch won't be necessary - I believe.

Now you get to work out the details of a meaningful interface.  Which 
means why can't the Notification Mgr be used?

David Halonen, Center for Machine Intelligence, Electronic Data Systems
Ann Arbor, MI (313) 995-0900
AppleLink: N0548  Internet: dave@cmi.com