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AppleEvent

Header: AEDataModel.h

A descriptor record whose data is a list of descriptor records containing both attributes and parameters that make up an Apple event.

typedef AERecord AppleEvent;

An Apple event record describes a full-fledged Apple event. Like the data for an AE record (data type AERecord), the data for an Apple event record consists of a list of keyword-specified descriptor records. Unlike an AE record, the data for an Apple event record is conceptually divided into two parts, one for attributes and one for parameters. This division within the Apple event record allows the Apple Event Manager to distinguish between an Apple event’s attributes and its parameters.

Many functions work with Apple events, including the functions described in “Getting Information from an AE Record or an Apple Event Record”, “Adding Data and Descriptor Records to an AE Record or an Apple Event Record”, “Creating an Apple Event”, and “Sending an Apple Event”.


© 2000 Apple Computer, Inc. (Last Updated 6/30/2000)