Miscellaneous Apple Event Manager Topics

The following are miscellaneous topics that describe specialized areas of the

Apple Event Manager.

Interacting With the User covers the correct way to interact with the

user as the result of receiving an Apple event.

Writing an Idle Function describes how to write a function which

processes events while your application waits for a reply Apple event. This is

only necessary if you choose to have your application wait for the reply Apple

event.

Dealing With Timeouts describes what to do if you choose to have your

application wait for a reply when you send an Apple event.

Writing a Reply Filter Function describes how tor write a function

which processes high-level events while your application waits for a reply

Apple event. This is only necessary if you choose to have your application wait

for the reply Apple event.

Built-in Coercion Handlers describes the type coercions that the

Apple Event Manager can perform when extracting data from an Apple

event.

own routines to perform coercions not supported by the

System Coercion Table discusses issues that arise when installing

coercion handlers into the sytem coercion table, rather than the application

coercion table.

Application-died Event describes the application-died Apple event sent

by the Process Manager when your application is about to be terminated.

Launch Application with Doc Using Apple Events is a code example

which shows how to send an Apple Event to the Finder to instruct it to launch a

particular application with a particular document.

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