This page describes Tcl® calls for building and sending AppleEvents. For information on the associated ToolBox calls, see INSIDE MACINTOSH: Interapplication Communication.

• Building and sending AppleEvents
  • tclAE::PPCBrowser
  • tclAE::send
  • tclAE::target

Building and sending AppleEvents

tclAE::PPCBrowser

SYNOPSIS

tclAE::PPCBrowser [flags]

RESULT

A new TargetID.

DESCRIPTION

Display a dialog allowing the user to select an application to communicate with.

Flags are:

-p string

Prompt string

-l string

Label for application pane

-fc list

Creator-type list

-fn list

Port name list

tclAE::send

SYNOPSIS

RESULT

DESCRIPTION

-r

direct reply requested

-Q eventHandlerProc

queued reply requested (handler proc specified directly)

-q

queued reply requested (register handler with currentReplyHandler)

-p

print reply with AEPrint before returning it (if absent, return parsed AEDesc identifier).

-t timeout

specifies event timeout in ticks

tclAE::target

SYNOPSIS

tclAE::target option [arg É]

RESULT

DESCRIPTION

tclAE::target info TargetID array

Given a target name, creates array in the current context, containing fields nameScript, name, portKindSelector, and locationKindSelector. If portKindSelector is ppcByCreatorAndType, there will be additional fields portCreator and portType. If portKindSelector is ppcByString, there will be an additional field portTypeStr.

tclAE::target names

Returns list of all available TargetIDs.

tclAE::target set TargetID keyword value

Set keyword element of target to value.

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