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Subject: Re: Launching a background application
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From: niko@iastate.edu (Schuessler Nikolaus E)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1991 00:10:45 GMT
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In article <1991Mar23.172617.22947@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Eric.J.Baumgartner@dartmouth.edu (Eric J. Baumgartner) writes:
>Does anyone know how to launch another application from your own code,
>but have the launching application remain in the foreground?  _Launch
>doesn't seem to want to do that.  This would be quite useful 'cause I
>want to launch an app. designed to run in the background, and the user
>shouldn't have to do anything to return to where they started.  (In
>fact, they don't even need to know it's been done.)
>
>Please respond via email; I'll summerize if there's interest.
>

I'd be interested in seeing if it's possible ......

Niko Schuessler
niko@iastate.edu

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