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# NSAppleEventDescriptor.SendOptions

```
struct SendOptions
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSAppleEventSendAlwaysInteract`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/alwaysInteract)

Server should always interact with user where appropriate.

[`NSAppleEventSendCanInteract`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/canInteract)

Server may try to interact with user.

[`NSAppleEventSendCanSwitchLayer`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/canSwitchLayer)

Interaction may switch layer.

[`NSAppleEventSendDefaultOptions`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/defaultOptions)

The default options: wait for reply and allow interaction.

[`NSAppleEventSendDontAnnotate`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/dontAnnotate)

Don’t automatically add any sandbox or other annotations to the event.

[`NSAppleEventSendDontExecute`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/dontExecute)

Don’t execute this event; used for recording.

[`NSAppleEventSendDontRecord`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/dontRecord)

Don’t record this event.

[`NSAppleEventSendNeverInteract`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/neverInteract)

Server should not interact with user.

[`NSAppleEventSendNoReply`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/noReply)

Sender doesn’t want a reply to event.

[`NSAppleEventSendQueueReply`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/queueReply)

Sender wants a reply but won’t wait.

[`NSAppleEventSendWaitForReply`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAppleEventDescriptor/SendOptions/waitForReply)

Sender wants a reply and will wait.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`ExpressibleByArrayLiteral`](/documentation/Swift/ExpressibleByArrayLiteral)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`OptionSet`](/documentation/Swift/OptionSet)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`SetAlgebra`](/documentation/Swift/SetAlgebra)

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