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Using the Apple Event Manager
Using the Apple Event Manager
The following sections explain in more detail how to use the
Apple Event Manager to receive, accept, and send Apple events.
They describe:
• handling events that support publish and subscribe features. See
Edition Manager Events and the Create Publisher Event.
• Getting Data Out of an Apple Event.
• writing handlers that perform the action requested by an Apple event.
See Writing Apple Event Handlers and
Installing Apple Event Handlers.
• Replying to an Apple Event.
• Disposing of Apple Event Data Structures.
• Interacting with the User when processing an Apple event.
• Creating an Apple Event.
• Sending an Apple Event.
• Writing an Idle Function.
• Writing a Reply Filter Function.
• Writing and Installing Coercion Handlers.
• using the Application-died Event to ascertain the termination
of an application that has been launched by your application
The Apple Event Manager is available only in system 7.0. Use the Gestalt
function with the gestaltAppleEventsAttr selector to determine whether the
Apple Event Manager is available. In the response parameter, the bit
defined by the constant gestaltAppleEventsPresent is set if the
Apple Event Manager is available.
gestaltAppleEventsAttr ÛGestalt selector
gestaltAppleEventsPresent Ûif this bit is set, then
Apple Event Manager is
available
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