Class

# AppleEventObjectSpecifier

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## Description

An <span class="title-ref">AppleEventObjectSpecifier</span> specifies an object that an `AppleEvent</api/macos/appleevent>` can be performed on.

## Notes

An <span class="title-ref">AppleEventObjectSpecifier</span> can represent any object such as a document or a DesktopButton. AppleEventObjectSpecifers are returned by several functions and are passed to the ObjectSpecifierParam property of an `AppleEvent</api/macos/appleevent>` class object.

## Compatibility

|                       |                       |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| **Project Types**     | Console, Desktop, Web |
| **Operating Systems** | macOS                 |

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`Object</api/data_types/additional_types/object>` parent class; `AppleEvent</api/macos/appleevent>` class; `GetIndexedObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getindexedobjectdescriptor>`, `GetNamedObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getnamedobjectdescriptor>`, `GetOrdinalObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getordinalobjectdescriptor>`, `GetPropertyObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getpropertyobjectdescriptor>`, `GetRangeObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getrangeobjectdescriptor>`, `GetStringComparisonObjectDescriptor</api/macos/getstringcomparisonobjectdescriptor>`, `GetTestObjectDescriptor</api/macos/gettestobjectdescriptor>` functions.

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