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# NSApplication.DelegateReply

Constants that indicate whether a copy or print operation was successful, was canceled, or failed.

```
enum DelegateReply
```

## Overview

These constants are used by the [`reply(toOpenOrPrint:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/reply(toOpenOrPrint:)) method.

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSApplication.DelegateReply.success`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/DelegateReply/success)

Indicates the operation succeeded.

[`NSApplication.DelegateReply.cancel`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/DelegateReply/cancel)

Indicates the user cancelled the operation.

[`NSApplication.DelegateReply.failure`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/DelegateReply/failure)

Indicates an error occurred processing the operation.


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