Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
AESizeOfKeyDesc
You can use theAESizeOfKeyDesc
function to get the size and descriptor type of a keyword-specified descriptor record in an AE record.
FUNCTION AESizeOfKeyDesc (theAERecord: AERecord; theAEKeyword: AEKeyword; VAR typeCode: DescType; VAR dataSize: Size): OSErr;
theAERecord
- The AE record containing the desired keyword-specified descriptor record.
theAEKeyword
- The keyword that specifies the desired descriptor record.
typeCode
- The descriptor type of the keyword-specified descriptor record.
dataSize
- The length, in bytes of the data in the keyword-specified descriptor record.
RESULT CODES
noErr 0 No error errAEDescNotFound -1701 Descriptor record was not found errAENotAEDesc -1704 Not a valid descriptor record errAEReplyNotArrived -1718 Reply has not yet arrived