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Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference

Optional Scripting Component Routines / Manipulating the Create and Send Functions

OSAGetCreateProc

You can use the OSAGetCreateProc function to get a pointer to the create function that a scripting component is currently using to create Apple events.

FUNCTION OSAGetCreateProc(scriptingComponent: ComponentInstance;
                     VAR createProc: AECreateAppleEventProcPtr;
                     VAR refCon: LongInt): OSAError;

scriptingComponent

A component instance created by a prior call to the Component Manager function OpenDefaultComponent or OpenComponent (see page 10-4).

createProc

The OSAGetCreateProc function returns, in this parameter, a pointer to the create function currently set for the specified scripting component.

refCon

The OSAGetCreateProc function returns, in this parameter, the reference constant associated with the create function for the specified scripting component.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
errOSASystemError	-1750	General scripting system error
badComponentInstance	$80008001	Invalid component instance