On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:45 AM, Gideon King wrote:

> 1. I'm not sure what keyboard or mouse options could be used for this, since 
> all the character keys change the selection in Finder, and all the normal 
> modifier keys are used for special functions. So first question is how I can 
> differentiate this special mode open from a normal open?

The Option key is the usual thing. iTunes and iPhoto recognize it at startup, 
for example.

> 2. If the application is started up in this special way, how would I be able 
> to detect it, seeing as there is no current event to query?

I would have said GetKeys(), but it seems to have been deprecated and removed 
in the eyeblink [read: decade] since I last used Carbon. There must be some 
modern equivalent for reading the current state of the keyboard?

—Jens_______________________________________________

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