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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Multifinder and appletalk
Message-ID: <10156@claris.com>
Date: 15 May 89 17:24:56 GMT
References: <5483@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <5483@hubcap.clemson.edu> mikeoro@hubcap.clemson.edu (Michael K O'Rourke) writes:
>I have a multifinder compatible, supposedly, program that I am working on.  It
>uses DDP and NBP to implement a chatting program over appletalk.
>
...
>
>Question: Why?  What do i have to do to ensure the socket doesn't get closed?
>          Also, how can i make sure that the networkEvt gets passed to my 
>          program if it is running in the background? Do I need to install a
>          patch to OSEvent or something?
>
>Michael O'Rourke 

From your description above it would appear that you are using the old 
(obsolete) event based AppleTalk interface.  Check out the new "Preferred 
Interface" found in Inside Macintosh Volume V.  They work quite well
in a MultiFinder environment. 

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