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[ITFoundation.git] / ITAppleEventCenter.m
diff --git a/ITAppleEventCenter.m b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
index 888b1a5..9efe080 100755 (executable)
--- a/ITAppleEventCenter.m
+++ b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #import "ITAppleEventCenter.h"
-//oh, wait, i forgot i had this open.
+#import "ITDebug.h"
+
 static Boolean MyAEIdleCallback (
                                         EventRecord * theEvent,
                                         SInt32 * sleepTime,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
 - (id)init
 {
-    if (self = [super init]) {
+    if ( ( self = [super init] ) ) {
         idleUPP = NewAEIdleUPP(MyAEIdleCallback);
     }
     return self;
@@ -52,42 +53,43 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
-    OSErr err2, err3;
+    OSErr berr, err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
-//joe add the ITFDEBUG stuff back?
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
-        result = malloc(resultSize);
+        if (resultSize != 0) {
+            result = malloc(resultSize);
+        } else {
+            return nil;
+        }
 
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
@@ -95,8 +97,8 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return _finalString;
 }
@@ -117,43 +119,43 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr,err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    if (!berr) [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
-
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
-
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
+    if (!err) [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
-        result = malloc(resultSize);
+        if (resultSize != 0) {
+            result = malloc(resultSize);
+        } else {
+            return nil;
+        }
 
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
@@ -161,8 +163,8 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return _finalString;
 }
@@ -185,52 +187,49 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
-    OSErr err2, err3;
+    OSErr berr, err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return result;
 }
 
 - (NSString*)sendTwoTierAEWithRequestedKey:(NSString*)key fromObjectByKey:(NSString*)object eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
 {
-    //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
     int pid;
@@ -245,43 +244,45 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr,err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
 
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
-
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
-        result = malloc(resultSize);
-
+        if (resultSize != 0) {
+            result = malloc(resultSize);
+        } else {
+            return nil;
+        }
+        
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
@@ -289,15 +290,14 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return _finalString;
 }
 
 - (long)sendTwoTierAEWithRequestedKeyForNumber:(NSString*)key fromObjectByKey:(NSString*)object eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
 {
-    //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
@@ -312,46 +312,44 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    // //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -373,7 +371,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
 
     for (i = 1; i < [array count]; i++) {
@@ -385,87 +383,88 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     sendString = [buildString UTF8String];
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[buildString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[buildString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
-        result=malloc(resultSize);
-
+        if (resultSize != 0) {
+            result = malloc(resultSize);
+        } else {
+            return nil;
+        }
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
         }
         free(result);
     }
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
     return _finalString;
 }
 
 - (void)sendAEWithEventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
 {
-    //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
     AEDesc dest;
     int pid;
 
     AppleEvent event, reply;
-
+    OSStatus cerr,cerr2,err;
     //AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID, &event, nil, "");
     if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
-           return nil;
-       }
-       AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn,sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber),&dest);
-    AECreateAppleEvent(eClass,eID,&dest,kAutoGenerateReturnID,kAnyTransactionID,&event);
-//[self printCarbonDesc:&event];
-    AESend(&event, &reply, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout, idleUPP, nil);
-//[self printCarbonDesc:&reply];
-    AEDisposeDesc(&dest);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&event);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&reply);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
+       return;
+    }
+    cerr = AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn,sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber),&dest);
+    cerr2 = AECreateAppleEvent(eClass,eID,&dest,kAutoGenerateReturnID,kAnyTransactionID,&event);
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&event];
+    err = AESend(&event, &reply, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, nil);
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&reply];
+    if (!cerr2) AEDisposeDesc(&dest);
+    if (!cerr) AEDisposeDesc(&event);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&reply);
 }
 
 - (void)printCarbonDesc:(AEDesc*)desc {
     Handle xx;
     AEPrintDescToHandle(desc,&xx);
-    NSLog(@"Handle: %s", *xx);
+    ITDebugLog(@"AE Descriptor: %s", *xx);
     DisposeHandle(xx);
 }
 
 
 - (AEArrayDataPointer)sendAEWithRequestedKeyForArray:(NSString*)key eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
 {
-    //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID   eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
-    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'indx', want:'%s', seld:abso($616C6C20$), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'indx', want:'%s', seld:type('all '), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
     const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     AEArrayDataPointer result = nil;
     int pid;
@@ -476,31 +475,34 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
 
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
           SInt32 count, resultCount;
 
           AECountItems(&replyEvent,&count);
-          result=malloc(sizeof(AEDesc)*count);
+          if ((sizeof(AEDesc)*count) != 0) {
+              result=malloc(sizeof(AEDesc)*count);
+          } else {
+              return nil;
+          }
           AEGetArray(&replyEvent, kAEDescArray, result, sizeof(AEDesc)*count, NULL, NULL, &resultCount);
 
         free(result);
@@ -528,48 +530,46 @@ if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
 
-AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
-//NSLog(@"waffles say %d",result);
+if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+ITDebugLog(@"waffles say %d",result);
 return result;
 }
 
@@ -586,42 +586,110 @@ return result;
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
     
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
            return nil;
        }
-       
-    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
-    err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
-    if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
-    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
-          SInt32 count, resultCount;
-
-          AECountItems(&replyEvent,&count);
-          result=malloc(sizeof(AEDesc)*count);
-          AEGetArray(&replyEvent, kAEDescArray, result, sizeof(AEDesc)*count, NULL, NULL, &resultCount);
-
+        SInt32 count, resultCount;
+        
+        AECountItems(&replyEvent,&count);
+        if ((sizeof(AEDesc)*count) != 0) {
+              result=malloc(sizeof(AEDesc)*count);
+        } else {
+              return nil;
+        }
+        AEGetArray(&replyEvent, kAEDescArray, result, sizeof(AEDesc)*count, NULL, NULL, &resultCount);
+        
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return result;
 }
+
+- (NSData*)sendAEWithSendStringForData:(NSString*)nssendString eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
+{
+    //Add error checking...
+    AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
+    AEEventID   eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
+    int pid;
+    
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
+    NSData  *_finalData = nil;
+    
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+    
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+    
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus berr,err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    
+    if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+       ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
+       return nil;
+    }
+    
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+    if (!berr) [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    }
+    
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, /*kAEDefaultTimeout*/30, idleUPP, NULL);
+    if (!err) [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    
+    if (err) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+    } else {
+        unichar *result = 0;
+       
+        err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
+        if (resultSize != 0) {
+            result = malloc(resultSize);
+        } else {
+            return nil;
+        }
+       
+        if (err2) {
+            ITDebugLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+        } else {
+            err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
+           
+            if (err3) {
+                ITDebugLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+            } else {
+                _finalData = [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:result length:charResultSize freeWhenDone:YES];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    
+    return _finalData;
+}
+
 @end
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iThink Software's custom extensions to Apple's Foundation framework.