GetOrdinalObjectDescriptor Function

Returns an AppleEventObjectSpecifier that is within another AppleEventObjectSpecifier. The AppleEventObjectSpecifier is found by class and an ordinal key.

Syntax

result = GetOrdinalObjectDescriptor( DesiredClass, Object, OrdinalKey )

Parameters
DesiredClass	String	Indicates the class of AppleEvent object you are looking for.
Object	AppleEventObjectSpecifier	The source object. Pass Nil to search at the application level.
OrdinalKey	String	The scope to use when searching.

Notes

The ordinal keys are:

Key	Description
firs	First
last	Last
midd	Middle
any	Any
all	All

Ordinal keys are four characters so the "any" and "all" keys have a space following them.

Example

This example asks the Finder for a count of the currently running processes:

Dim a as AppleEvent
Dim i, count as Integer
a = NewAppleEvent("core", "cnte", "MACS")
a.MacTypeParam("kocl") = "prcs"
a.ObjectSpecifierParam("----") = GetOrdinalObjectDescriptor("prcs", nil, "all ")
If a.Send then
count = Val(a.ReplyString)
End if