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Numeric Descriptor Type Constants |
Header: AEDataModel.h |
Specify types for numeric descriptor records.
enum { typeSInt16 = 'shor', typeSInt32 = 'long', typeUInt32 = 'magn', typeSInt64 = 'comp', typeIEEE32BitFloatingPoint = 'sing', typeIEEE64BitFloatingPoint = 'doub', type128BitFloatingPoint = 'ldbl', typeDecimalStruct = 'decm' };
The constants described here specify the data type for a descriptor record and show the kind of numeric data stored in a descriptor with that type.
Descriptor records are the building blocks used by the Apple Event Manager to construct Apple event attributes and parameters. A descriptor record is a data structure of type AEDesc, which consists of data storage and a descriptor type that identifies the type of the data. A descriptor type is defined by the data type DescType.
AppleScript defines descriptor type constants for a wide variety of common data types. For additional types, see
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