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Chapter 1 - Appearance Manager Reference / Appearance Manager Types and Constants

Appearance Manager Apple Event Constants

NEW WITH THE APPEARANCE MANAGER

The following Apple event constants have been defined under Appearance 1.0.1, but apply to Appearance versions 1.1 and later. They are provided here for informational purposes only.

enum {
   kAppearanceEventClass = 'appr',
   kAEThemeSwitch        =' thme'
};

Constant descriptions

kAppearanceEventClass

The event class of Appearance Manager Apple events.

kAEThemeSwitch

The Apple event constant kAEThemeSwitch allows you to prepare for Appearance Manager 1.1. Under Appearance 1.1, when the theme is changed in the Appearance control panel, kAEThemeSwitch will be sent to all running foreground applications that are high-level event aware. Applications can handle the switch as appropriate.