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Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials /

Chapter 2 - Event Manager / Event Manager Reference

Event Manager Routines / Receiving Events

GetEvQHdr
The Event Manager uses the GetEvQHdr function to get a pointer to the header of the Operating System event queue. In most cases your application should not call the GetEvQHdr function.
FUNCTION GetEvQHdr: QHdrPtr;
DESCRIPTION
The GetEvQHdr function returns a pointer to the header of the Operating System
event queue.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE NOTE
The EventQueue system global variable contains the header of the event queue.

SEE ALSO
See "The Event Queue" on page 2-83 for information on the structure of the Operating System event queue.

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