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From: peter@runx.oz.au (Peter Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Launching a background application
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.055245.6337@runx.oz.au>
Date: 10 Apr 91 05:52:45 GMT
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
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I haven't tried this but if an app has the bits in its size resource
set so that canBackground and onlyBackground are both set then the
sublaunched app (with no user interface etc) will stay in the background.

This might be useful for some sort of IAC server application.

Peter.
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peter@runxtsa.runx.oz