Name: appleEvent

Type: message

Syntax: appleEvent <pClass>, <pID>, <pSender>

Summary:

the <current card> whenever the <application> receives an <Apple event>.

Associations: card

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac

Platforms: desktop

Example:

on appleEvent theClass,theID

-- execute a set of statements in a text file

if theClass is "misc" and theID is "dosc" then

request appleEvent data -- get the content of the AppleEvent

do URL ("file:" & it)

end if

pass appleEvent

end appleEvent

Parameters:

pClass:

The class and ID together identify the exact Apple event that was

received.The class parameter is the event class: possible classes

include aevt (for required Apple Events such as "open document" and

"print" ), misc (for miscellaneous events such as "do script" ), and

others.

pID:

The ID parameter is the name of the specific Apple event.

pSender:

The sender parameter is the address of the process that sent the Apple

event.

Description:

Handle the <appleEvent> <message> to respond to a custom <Apple event>,

or one that you want to handle specially.

Use the request appleEvent <command> to obtain the data associated with

an <Apple event>.

For more information about Apple events, refer to the section entitled

"Apple Events Sent by the Mac OS" in the technical documentation

located on [Apple's website]

(https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptableCocoaApplications/SApps_handle_AEs/SAppsHandleAEs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001239-1117769)

References: send to program (command), flushEvents (function),

application (glossary), current card (glossary), Apple Event (glossary),

command (glossary), message (glossary)