Apple Event Data Structures
Apple Event Data Structures
The following sections describe the data structures used by the
Apple Event Manager.
Components of Apple Events describes the various components of an
Apple event that uniquely identify it. Components of Apple Events
Descriptor Records describes the descriptor record structure, AEDesc,
the fundamental structure from which Apple events are constructed , as well
as these variants AEAddressDesc and AEKeyDesc.
Descriptor Lists describes the descriptor list structure, AEDescList, as
well as these variants AERecord and AppleEvent.
Getting Data Out of an Apple Event covers the methods for extracting
data from an Apple event that your application has received.
Getting Data Out of a Parameter covers the methods for extracting data
from a parameter of an Apple event that your application has received.
Getting Data Out of an Attribute covers the methods for extracting data
from an attribute of an Apple event that your application has received.
Getting Data Out of a Descriptor List covers the methods for extracting
data from a descriptor list of an Apple event that your application has
received.
Adding Parameters to an Apple Event describes how to add data to an
Apple event.