Class

AppleEventDescList

Description

Used to send complex information to other applications via AppleEvents.

Properties

Name	Type	Read-Only	Shared
Count	Integer	✓

Methods

Name	Parameters	Returns
AppendBoolean	b As Boolean
AppendDescList	Value As AppleEventDescList
AppendFolderItem	Value As FolderItem
AppendInteger	Value As Integer
AppendObjectSpecifier	Value As AppleEventObjectSpecifier
AppendRecord	Value As AppleEventRecord
AppendString	Value As String
BooleanItem	Index As Integer	Boolean
DescListItem	Index As Integer	AppleEventDescList
FolderItemItem	Index As Integer	FolderItem
IntegerItem	Index As Integer	Integer
ObjectSpecifierItem	Index As Integer	AppleEventObjectSpecifier
RecordItem	Index As Integer	AppleEventRecord
StringItem	Index As Integer	String

Property descriptions

AppleEventDescList.Count

Count As Integer

The number of items in the list.

This property is read-only.

Method descriptions

AppleEventDescList.AppendBoolean

AppendBoolean(b As Boolean)

Adds a new Boolean value to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendDescList

AppendDescList(Value As AppleEventDescList)

Adds a new AppleEventDescList value to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendFolderItem

AppendFolderItem(Value As FolderItem)

Adds a new FolderItem object to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendInteger

AppendInteger(Value As Integer)

Adds a new Integer value to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendObjectSpecifier

AppendObjectSpecifier(Value As AppleEventObjectSpecifier)

Adds a new AppleEventObjectSpecifier object to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendRecord

AppendRecord(Value As AppleEventRecord)

Adds a new AppleEventRecord object to the array.

AppleEventDescList.AppendString

AppendString(Value As String)

Adds a new String to the array.

AppleEventDescList.BooleanItem

BooleanItem(Index As Integer) As Boolean

Returns the Index item as a Boolean.

AppleEventDescList.DescListItem

DescListItem(Index As Integer) As AppleEventDescList

Returns the Index item as an AppleEventDescList.

AppleEventDescList.FolderItemItem

FolderItemItem(Index As Integer) As FolderItem

Returns the Index item as a FolderItem.

AppleEventDescList.IntegerItem

IntegerItem(Index As Integer) As Integer

Returns the Index item as an Integer.

AppleEventDescList.ObjectSpecifierItem

ObjectSpecifierItem(Index As Integer) As AppleEventObjectSpecifier

Returns the Index item as an AppleEventObjectSpecifier.

AppleEventDescList.RecordItem

RecordItem(Index As Integer) As AppleEventRecord

Returns the Index item as an AppleEventRecord.

AppleEventDescList.StringItem

StringItem(Index As Integer) As String

Returns the Index item as a String.

Sample code

In this code, the TextEdit application (which must be running for this example to work) is instructed to open two documents ("My Document" and "My Other Document") that are located in the folder with the default folder:

Var list As AppleEventDescList

list = New AppleEventDescList
list.AppendFolderItem(New FolderItem("My Document"))
list.AppendFolderItem(New FolderItem("My Other Document"))

Var a As AppleEvent = New AppleEvent("aevt", "odoc", "com.apple.textedit")
a.DescListParam("----") = list

If Not a.Send Then
  MessageBox("The AppleEvent could not be sent.")
End If

Compatibility

Project Types	Console, Desktop, Web
Operating Systems	macOS