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From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Driver Question
Message-ID: <46721@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 90 03:37:25 GMT
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tracyn@dgp.toronto.edu (Tracy Narine) writes:
>Drivers  can have routines which are called periodically.  A desk
>accessory is also a driver and can have the same periodic routine.
>My question is, does the periodic routine get called  when the desk
>accessory is not active or selected from the apple menu?

The only time the periodic routine is called is when a desk accessory
is open.  If it got put away (by clicking on the goaway box, for example),
then it gets closed and is no longer called.

>Related driver question.
>I have written a driver and wish to install it into the system folder.    
>What kinds of problems might I run into if I use resedit  and 
>copy it into the system file and then open it from in my program.
>Is there a better way of doing this?

If the driver is only going to be used while your application is running,
put it into your application's file.  If it needs to be installed before
the Finder starts up, write an INIT to install it then...

steve

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