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Remote Access Auto-Connect
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Old Dominion University, Norfok, VA
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I really like the Auto-Connect feature in Remote Access. But what I hate about it is when I open the app to connect, it opens a dialog box that cannot be moved or collapsed, i.e. I can't do anything on my system until after it connects. I use the control strip to connect instead of the Auto-Connect. My question is, how can I open an app and connect to the Internet at the same time w/out getting that annoying PPP window?
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iPond317 | ODU Apple Campus Rep
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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ok, that kinda large rather whitish connect dialog window is modal and because it is 'modal' it takes over completely and you can't do nada until it connects, as you have found.
connecting with the RA control strip mod is a non-modal way of connecting and therefore you can be doing things during the connection. this is the way i connect to my ISP, non-modally using RA strip mod.
you could do a small hack with ResEdit to make the modal connection a non-modal connection when you launch an Internet app and i think there's a posted hack for this at resexcellence.com
short of that, i don't think you can get precisely what you want.
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