Name: appleEvent

Type: message

Syntax: appleEvent <class>, <ID>, <sender>

Summary: the <current card> whenever the <application> receives an <Apple event>.

Associations: card

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac

Platforms: desktop,web

Example:

on appleEvent theClass,theID -- execute a set of statements in a text file

if theClass is "misc" and theID is "dosc" then

request appleEvent data -- get the content of the AppleEvent

do URL ("file:" & it)

end if

pass appleEvent

end appleEvent

Parameters:

class: The class and ID together identify the exact Apple event that was received.The class parameter is the event class: possible classes include aevt (for required Apple Events such as "open document" and "print"), misc (for miscellaneous events such as "do script"), and others.

ID: The ID parameter is the name of the specific Apple event.

sender: The sender parameter is the address of the process that sent the Apple event.

Description:

Handle the <appleEvent> <message> to respond to a custom <Apple event>, or one that you want to handle specially.

Use the request appleEvent <command> to obtain the data associated with an <Apple event>.

For more information about Apple events, see Apple Computer's technical documentation, Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication, located at http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/IAC/IAC-2.html.

References: send to program (command), flushEvents (function), application (glossary), current card (glossary), Apple Event (glossary), command (glossary), message (glossary)