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From: raylau@dasys1.UUCP (Raymond Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Calling DAHandler
Message-ID: <1815@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 19:31:10 EST
Article-I.D.: dasys1.1815
Posted: Mon Oct 26 19:31:10 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 19:47:13 EST
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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Keywords: MultiFinder

OK...since my MultiFinder pkg was lost by FedEx and I'm waiting for a replacement, here're two simple questions:

How do you tell if MF is running?  (I don't care if I'm in the background or fore...)  I'd guess one can't just check for WNE as it may be added in later to do nothing but call SystemTask and GNE when not under MF...

Assuming that I've discovered that MF is running.  I want to have MF sublaunch DA Handler, if it isn't already loaded....and then make it the active application.  (without opening a real DA).  Any ideas on how to do this?  This is needed to make a FKEY I have compatible w/MF - it is compatible w/DA Handler but not when other applications are active.  I guess I'd need a way of deactivating DA Handler when I'm through - if it wasn't the active application when I started.

This has to be done in LightspeedC...but Pascal examples are fine...or just an outline of what to call, what globals to use, etc...

Thanks,