Carbon


AEKeyDesc

Header: AEDataModel.h

Associates a keyword with a descriptor record to form a keyword-specified descriptor record.

struct AEKeyDesc {
    AEKeyword descKey; 
    AEDesc descContent;
};

Field descriptions

descKey

A four-character code of type AEKeyword that uniquely identifies the key that is associated with the data in the structure. Some keyword constants are described in “Keyword Attribute Constants” and “Keyword Parameter Constants”.

descContent

A descriptor record of type AEDesc that stores the keyword descriptor data.

The Apple Event Manager uniquely identifies the various parts of an Apple event by means of keywords associated with corresponding descriptor records. A keyword is an arbitrary constant of type AEKeyword that represents a four-character code.


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