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Placing a Foreground Task into the Background

Q: How do you run a "foreground" task to place itself in the background?

A You should use LaunchApplication call in the Process Manager with the launchDontSwitch flag set in the launchControlFlags field. You can find more information about LaunchApplication in Inside Macintosh: Processes, Chapter 2.

[Sep 27 1996]

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