• A Quick Look at Working With Apple Events

• When Applications Use Apple Events

• Apple Event Terminology

• Sending and Receiving Apple Events

• Responding to Apple Events

• How to Use Apple Events

• Steps for Responding to Apple Events

• Steps for Creating and Sending Apple Events

• Framework and Language Support

• About Apple Event Data Structures

• Apple Event Building Blocks

• Apple Event Constants

• Event Class and Event ID

• Descriptors, Descriptor Lists, and Apple Events

• Apple Event Attributes and Parameters

• Apple Event Attributes

• Apple Event Parameters

• Accessing Attributes and Parameters

• Optional Parameters

• Two Approaches to Creating an Apple Event

• Creating an Apple Event in One Step

• Creating an Apple Event Sequentially

• The Completed Apple Event

• How Apple Event Dispatching Works

• Dispatch Tables

• The System Dispatch Table

• Dispatching Apple Events in Your Application

• Determining Which Apple Events to Respond To

• Installing Apple Event Handlers

• Processing Apple Events

• Processing Apple Events With the Carbon Event Model

• Processing Apple Events With WaitNextEvent

• About Extracting Data From an Apple Event

• Coercing Data From an Apple Event

• Getting Data From an Apple Event Parameter

• Getting Data From an Apple Event Attribute

• Getting Data From a Descriptor

• Getting Data From a Descriptor List

• Disposing of Apple Event Data Structures

• About Apple Event Handlers

• Definition of an Apple Event Handler

• Interacting With the User

• Writing an Apple Event Handler

• Extracting Information From the Apple Event

• Performing the Requested Action

• Adding Information to a Reply Apple Event

• Returning a Result Code

• Returning Error Information

• A Handler for the Open Documents Apple Event

• Handling Apple Events Sent by the Mac OS

• Common Apple Events Sent by the Mac OS

• Installing Handlers for Apple Events Sent by the Mac OS

• Functions for Creating Apple Event Data Structures

• Specifying a Target Address

• Creating a Target Address Descriptor

• Addressing an Apple Event for Direct Dispatching

• Obtaining the Addresses of Remote Processes

• Creating an Apple Event

• Creating an Apple Event With AEBuildAppleEvent

• Creating an Apple Event With AECreateAppleEvent

• Disposing of Apple Events You Create

• Sending an Apple Event

• When to Use AESend

• When to Use AESendMessage

• Specifying Send and Reply Options

• Specifying a Reply in the Send Mode Parameter

• Specifying User Interaction in the Send Mode Parameter

• Sending an Apple Event With AESend

• Sending an Apple Event With AESendMessage

• Handling a Reply Apple Event

• How Coercion Handlers are Installed and Dispatched

• Writing a Coercion Handler

• Installing a Coercion Handler

• Testing a Coercion Handler

• Determining If an Application Is Receiving Apple Events

• Script Editor is an Apple Event Test Tool

• Examining Apple Events

• Turning on Apple Event Logging

• Observing Apple Events for Multiple Applications

• Setting Breakpoints and Printing Apple Events in GDB

• Third Party Options

• Functions for Working With Apple Event Data Structures

• Event Class Constants

• Event ID Constants for Apple Events Sent by the Mac OS

• Event ID Constants for Standard AppleScript Commands

• Descriptor Type Constants

• Address Descriptor Type Constants

• Attribute Keyword Constants

• Parameter Keyword Constants

• Event Source Constants

• Send Mode Constants for the AESend Function

• Coercion Handler Tables