Commented out the aliasdata stuff that doesn't work
[ITFoundation.git] / ITAppleEventTools.m
index 5ea6acc..9eaacb1 100755 (executable)
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
     
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
     NSAppleEventDescriptor *send, *recv;
+    AEDesc resultDesc;
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize;
     
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus berr,err;
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
        return nil;
     }
     
-    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(evClass, evID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, usendString);
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(evClass, evID, typeProcessSerialNumber,psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, usendString);
     send = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&sendEvent] autorelease];
     if (!berr) [send logDesc];
     
@@ -37,7 +40,15 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
     }
     
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, NULL, NULL);
-    recv = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&replyEvent] autorelease];
+    
+    err = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
+    if (resultSize == 0 || err != 0) {
+        return nil;
+    }
+    
+    AEGetParamDesc(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, &resultDesc);
+    
+    recv = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&resultDesc] autorelease];
     if (!err) [recv logDesc];
     
     if (err) {
@@ -46,6 +57,34 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
     return recv;
 }
 
+NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithKey(FourCharCode reqKey, FourCharCode evClass, FourCharCode evID,const ProcessSerialNumber *psn)
+{
+    return nil;
+}
+
+NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAE(FourCharCode eClass, FourCharCode eID,const ProcessSerialNumber *psn)
+{
+    AEDesc dest;
+    int pid;
+    
+    AppleEvent event, reply;
+    OSStatus cerr,cerr2,err;
+    NSAppleEventDescriptor *nsd, *nse, *nsr;
+    if ((GetProcessPID(psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
+       return nil;
+    }
+    cerr = AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber,psn,sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber),&dest);
+    nsd = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&dest] autorelease];
+    cerr2 = AECreateAppleEvent(eClass,eID,&dest,kAutoGenerateReturnID,kAnyTransactionID,&event);
+    nse = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&event] autorelease];
+    if (!cerr2) [nse logDesc];
+    err = AESend(&event, &reply, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout, NULL, NULL);
+    nsr = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&reply] autorelease];
+    [nsr logDesc];
+    return nsr;
+}
+
 @implementation NSAppleEventDescriptor (ITAELogging)
 -(void) logDesc
 {