Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Path: utzoo!utgpu!topix
From: topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe)
Subject: Transferring from my app and back
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.051012.2951@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: ExitToShell  Finder  FinderName
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 90 05:10:12 GMT


Any ideas on how to transfer from an app to another app *and* back again?

Basically, I want someone using my app to be able to transfer out to another
program, do some work in that program, exit the other program, and end
up back in mine.  I recall from IM-II that the global FinderName actually
determines which app (normally the Finder) is started when exiting a program.
So I guess I can work my way through transferring out - coming back
seems to be more difficult, though.  I've used a similar process in
HyperCard, but would like to now do it in C.  Any ideas or pointers would
be most appreciated.

Bob Munroe
topix@utcs.utoronto.ca