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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Checking for MF (was Re: Need some MF help)
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Date: 6 Apr 89 17:43:45 GMT
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In article <1558@husc6.harvard.edu> siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) 
writes:
>         One reason for wanting to know about MultiFinder is so that an
> application can know to leave room for the Finder's icons along the 
right-
> hand edge of the screen, when zooming windows. For example, More II does 

This is similar to shrinking windows when in the background.  Given that 
Set Aside exists this feature is not needed.

Let's assume that this is in fact a desirable feature.  What you want to 
know then is not whether MultiFinder is running, but rather if there are 
icons on the desktop that you might not want to cover up.  

Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist

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