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Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication /
Chapter 5 - Creating and Sending Apple Events / Reference to Creating and Sending Apple Events
Routines for Creating and Sending Apple Events / Adding Data and Descriptor Records to AE Records

AEPutKeyDesc

You can use the AEPutKeyDesc function to add a descriptor record and a keyword to an AE record as a keyword-specified descriptor record. 

FUNCTION AEPutKeyDesc (theAERecord: AERecord; 
                       theAEKeyword: AEKeyword; 
                       theAEDesc: AEDesc): OSErr;
theAERecord

The AE record to which to add the keyword-specified descriptor record.
theAEKeyword

The keyword specifying the descriptor record. If there was already a keyword-specified descriptor record with this keyword, it is replaced.
theAEDesc
The descriptor record for the keyword-specified descriptor record.
RESULT CODES
noErr0No error
memFullErr-108Not enough room in heap zone
errAEWrongDataType-1703Wrong descriptor type
errAENotAEDesc-1704Not a valid descriptor record
errAEBadListItem-1705Operation involving a list item failed
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