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From: sonenbli@oxy.edu (Andrew D. Sonenblick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: DA questions, the second time around...
Message-ID: <68060@tiger.oxy.edu>
Date: 2 Jan 90 07:03:30 GMT
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA  90041
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Ok, some DA questions....

I have many a DA which are utilities which must be loaded into the
application heap (so they can be assured of communication with the appl).
No biggie, option down on opening the DA.  Ok, but I also *need* the
DA's to be closed upon quitting the applications they reside in.

However, under MultiFinder, when the application quits *none* of my DA's
receive any goodbye kiss.  Thus, they are still running! (Which is a bit
screwy if you ask me since the heap they were supposedly loaded into is
no longer in existence....)  Where are they?  Are they still where they
were in the appl heap which just hasn't yet been written over?

I suppose I could close them myself by ascertaining if the appl is no longer
runnin (and then not have to worry about where in memory they may be
floating around)--but I shouldn't have to!!!!!	That's why they gave DA's
the "goodbye kiss!!"   What I would like to know is why are the DA's not
receiving the calls and what workarounds/solutions there may be...
(I really find it hard to believe that Erich and Phil would patch exittoshel
in such a way as to preclude application resident drivers from closing
themselves...)

Thanks much in advance....   Ando "thePort" Moon.