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#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev

    12-Mar-94 14:02:21
Sb: #163477-#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev
Fm: CECC 76420,754
To: Neil Ticktin/MacTech Mag 71333,1065
>>This is really surprising. Why does the Win API make it easier? Normally, >>Windows development takes around 50% longer than the equivalent Mac >>development. Windows provides me with hooks for customization and allows me to keep a specified non-modal window on top the desktop at all times — regardless of what application is currenly interacting with the user. Apparently, I have to "patch traps" on the Mac (something for which I am still searching for documenation on) to make this happen. From what I've gathered from a few discussions on the C and Pascal Forum, my goal might not even be possible. In Windows, I can achieve this goal with a single API call. In OS/2, I can do it with a hook. In Unix/X-Windows, I can do it through window manager customization. On the Mac…. well, I just don't know….