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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: init type timing application question...
Message-ID: <10781@claris.com>
Date: 1 Jan 90 21:09:38 GMT
References: <860@lclark.UUCP>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
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Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <860@lclark.UUCP> reeck@lclark.UUCP (David Reeck) writes:
>
>	I am (trying) to write an init that will alert you at time x.
>What I need to know is, how does one really go about this? As I understand
>it, an 'init' is run once, at startup; correct? Does the init then install
>a driver into memory that watches for events, or can compare itself to the
>system clock? Any details would be very useful, please either post to the
>net or reply to me at..
>	reeck@lclark.bitnet -or- !tektronix!reed!lclark!reeck
>Dave Reeck

Take a look at the TimeManager.  It lets you schedule a completion routine
that gets called after a specified amount of time.  It's easy to use.

Make sure you read the tech notes on this manager though.

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