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Chapter 4 - Responding to Apple Events / Reference to Responding to Apple Events

Routines for Responding to Apple Events

Coercing Descriptor Types

The Apple Event Manager provides two functions that allow you to coerce descriptor types. The AECoercePtr function takes a pointer to data and a desired descriptor type and attempts to coerce the data to a descriptor record of the desired descriptor type. The AECoerceDesc function attempts to coerce the data in an existing descriptor record to another descriptor type.

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AECoercePtr

AECoerceDesc