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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Finding out What Application is Running
Keywords: Desk Accessories, CurApName
Message-ID: <27264@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 28 Dec 88 16:25:35 GMT
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In article <9065@ut-emx.UUCP> jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss) writes:
>	Currently I just check CurApName to see if it includes the
>string "Excel". Of course that only works if someone hasn't renamed
>Excel to something else (perverse person!).

Get the application's resource fork's refNum.
Stack the current refNum
UseResFile(appsRefNum);
Get1Resource('BNDL',...)  (remember, 64kROM macs don't have this call, so
	you'll need to do a GetResource and a HomeResFile to simulate it.)
near the beginning of the BNDL is the application's signature. This is
supposed to be unique for each application (that has an icon anyway) So,
it is a reliable way of seeing which application your are in.

Use the call GetAppParams() to get the application's refnum. It is
documented in the Segment Loader section of Inside Mac.

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