More error checking

[ITFoundation.git] / ITAppleEventCenter.m

diff --git a/ITAppleEventCenter.m b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
index fa7dc28..bceb1ab 100755 (executable)
--- a/ITAppleEventCenter.m
+++ b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #import "ITAppleEventCenter.h"
-
-Boolean MyAEIdleCallback (
-                                        EventRecord * theEvent,
-                                        SInt32 * sleepTime,
-                                        RgnHandle * mouseRgn
-                                        );
-
-Boolean MyAEIdleCallback (
+//oh, wait, i forgot i had this open.
+static Boolean MyAEIdleCallback (
                                         EventRecord * theEvent,
                                         SInt32 * sleepTime,
                                         RgnHandle * mouseRgn
@@ -30,10 +24,9 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
 - (id)init
 {
-    if (self = [super init])
-          {
-          idleUPP = NewAEIdleUPP(MyAEIdleCallback);
-          }
+    if (self = [super init]) {
+        idleUPP = NewAEIdleUPP(MyAEIdleCallback);
+    }
     return self;
 }
 
@@ -47,8 +40,9 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID   eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
-
-    const char *sendString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]] UTF8String];
+    int pid;
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     NSString  *_finalString = nil;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
@@ -58,21 +52,21 @@ 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.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            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);
+//joe add the ITFDEBUG stuff back?
     //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
@@ -88,12 +82,12 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         result = malloc(resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
@@ -101,8 +95,74 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return _finalString;
+}
+
+- (NSString*)sendAEWithSendString:(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];
+    NSString  *_finalString = nil;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus berr,err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           return nil;
+       }
+       
+    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
+
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
+       NSLog(@"sending...");
+    if (!berr) [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (berr) {
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    }
+
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+    NSLog(@"replying...");
+    if (!err) [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+    } else {
+        unichar *result = 0;
+
+        err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
+        result = malloc(resultSize);
+
+        if (err2) {
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+        } else {
+            err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
+
+            if (err3) {
+                //NSLog(@"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;
 }
@@ -112,8 +172,10 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
+    int pid;
 
-    const char *sendString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]] UTF8String];
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     long result = 0;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
@@ -123,45 +185,45 @@ 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.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            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];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -171,8 +233,10 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
+    int pid;
 
-    const char *sendString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() } }", [key UTF8String], [object UTF8String]] UTF8String];
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() } }", [key UTF8String], [object UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     NSString  *_finalString = nil;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
@@ -181,22 +245,22 @@ 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.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            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];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
@@ -204,7 +268,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
@@ -212,12 +276,12 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         result = malloc(resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             } else {
                 _finalString = [NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)];
             }
@@ -225,8 +289,8 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         free(result);
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return _finalString;
 }
@@ -237,55 +301,57 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
-    const char *sendString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() } }", [key UTF8String], [object UTF8String]] UTF8String];
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:obj { form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() } }", [key UTF8String], [object UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     long result = 0;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+    int pid;
 
     DescType resultType;
     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.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            return nil;
        }
-       */
-    // NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
+       
+    // //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];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -296,6 +362,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     const char *sendString;
     int i;
     NSString  *_finalString = nil;
+    int pid;
 
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
@@ -306,7 +373,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
-    OSStatus err;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
 
     for (i = 1; i < [array count]; i++) {
@@ -316,20 +383,20 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     }
     buildString = [@"'----':obj " stringByAppendingString:buildString];
     sendString = [buildString UTF8String];
-    /*
+    
        if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
-           NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            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];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[buildString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
@@ -337,7 +404,7 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         unichar *result = 0;
 
@@ -345,17 +412,19 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         result=malloc(resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"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;
 }
 
@@ -365,23 +434,30 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
     AEDesc dest;
-    AppleEvent event, reply;
+    int pid;
 
+    AppleEvent event, reply;
+    OSStatus cerr,cerr2,err;
     //AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, kAnyTransactionID, &event, nil, "");
-    AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn,sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber),&dest);
-    AECreateAppleEvent(eClass,eID,&dest,kAutoGenerateReturnID,kAnyTransactionID,&event);
-    AESend(&event, &reply, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout, idleUPP, nil);
-
-    AEDisposeDesc(&dest);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&event);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&reply);
+    if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           return nil;
+       }
+       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, idleUPP, nil);
+//[self printCarbonDesc:&reply];
+    if (!cerr2) AEDisposeDesc(&dest);
+    if (!cerr) AEDisposeDesc(&event);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&reply);
 }
 
 - (void)printCarbonDesc:(AEDesc*)desc {
-    /*Handle xx;
+    Handle xx;
     AEPrintDescToHandle(desc,&xx);
     NSLog(@"Handle: %s", *xx);
-    DisposeHandle(xx);*/
+    DisposeHandle(xx);
 }
 
 
@@ -391,34 +467,37 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     AEEventID   eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
-    const char *sendString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'indx', want:'%s', seld:abso($616C6C20$), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]] UTF8String];
+    NSString *nssendString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"'----':obj { form:'indx', want:'%s', seld:abso($616C6C20$), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
     AEArrayDataPointer result = nil;
+    int pid;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
 
-    DescType resultType;
-    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
-    OSErr err2, err3;
 
     //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
-
+if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           return nil;
+       }
     err = 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,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[nssendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
+
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
 
     //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
           SInt32 count, resultCount;
 
@@ -442,56 +521,109 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
     const char *sendString = [string UTF8String];
-    long result = 0;
+    SInt32 result = 0;
+    int pid;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
 
     DescType resultType;
     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.");
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
            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];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
     }
 
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
 
-    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
 
         if (err2) {
-            NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
+            //NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2);
         } else {
             err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, &result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
 
             if (err3) {
-                NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
+                //NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
-    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
 
-    return result;
+if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+//NSLog(@"waffles say %d",result);
+return result;
 }
 
-@end
+- (AEArrayDataPointer)sendAEWithSendStringForArray:(NSString*)string 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 = [string UTF8String];
+    AEArrayDataPointer result = NULL;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus berr, err;
+    
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application! Exiting.");
+           return nil;
+       }
+       
+    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
+
+    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,[string substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    }
+
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+
+    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //NSLog(@"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);
+
+        free(result);
+    }
+
+    if (!berr) AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    if (!err) AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return result;
+}
+@end
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