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diff --git a/ITAppleEventCenter.m b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
index ceaf358..46da952 100755 (executable)
--- a/ITAppleEventCenter.m
+++ b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
@@ -21,117 +21,432 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
 + (id)sharedCenter
 {
 
 + (id)sharedCenter
 {
-    if( _sharedAECenter != nil ) {
-        return _sharedAECenter;
-    } else {   
-        _sharedAECenter = [[ITAppleEventCenter alloc] init];
+    if( _sharedAECenter ) {
         return _sharedAECenter;
         return _sharedAECenter;
+    } else {
+        return _sharedAECenter = [[ITAppleEventCenter alloc] init];
     }
 }
 
     }
 }
 
-- (NSString*)runAEWithRequestedKey:(NSString*)key eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
+- (id)init
+{
+    if (self = [super init])
+          {
+          idleUPP = NewAEIdleUPP(MyAEIdleCallback);
+          }
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)dealloc
 {
 {
+    DisposeAEIdleUPP(idleUPP);
+}
+
+- (NSString*)sendAEWithRequestedKey:(NSString*)key eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
+{
+    //Add error checking...
     AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
     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];
-    NSString  *_finalString;
-    
-    // Variables for building and sending the event    
+    AEEventID   eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
+
+    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;
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
-    //AEDesc replyDesc;
-    AEIdleUPP upp = NewAEIdleUPP(&MyAEIdleCallback);
-    
-    // Variables for getting the result
-    char *charResult;
+
     DescType resultType;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
     DescType resultType;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
-    int pid;
-    
-    // Variables for error checking
+
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
-    //Ptr buffer;
-    //Size length;
-    
-    // Start Code
-    // ^ Most pointless comment EVAR!
-    // ^^ Nope, that one is
-    
-    if (GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) {
-        if (pid ==0) {
-            NSLog(@"Process doesn't exist! Exiting.");
-            return;
-        }
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //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);
     } else {
     } else {
-        NSLog(@"Error getting PID of application to send to! Exiting.");
-        return;
+        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);
     }
     }
-    
-    NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
-    
-    // The problem is, if I use eClass and eID in place of 'core' and 'getd' respectively, It won't build a valid AppleEvent :'(
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    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]);
+
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
+    NSString  *_finalString = nil;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
-    
+
     [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
     [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
-    
+
     if (err) {
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",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, upp, NULL);
-    
+
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+
     [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
     [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
-    
+
     if (err) {
     if (err) {
-        NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+        //NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
     } else {
     } else {
+        unichar *result = 0;
 
 
-        unichar* result=0;
-        
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
         err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
-        result=malloc(resultSize);
-        //err2 = AEGetParamDesc(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, typeWildCard, &replyDesc);
-        
-        if (err2) { NSLog(@"Error After AESizeOfParam: %i", err2); } else {
-        //if (err2) { NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamDesc: %i", err2); } else {
-        
-        err3 = AEGetParamPtr(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, NULL, result, resultSize, &charResultSize);
-        //length = AEGetDescDataSize(&replyDesc);
-        //buffer = malloc(length);
-    
-        //err3 = AEGetDescData(&replyDesc, buffer, length);
-        
-        if (err3) { NSLog(@"Error After AEGetParamPtr: %i", err3); } else {
-        
-        // if (err3) { NSLog(@"Error After AEGetDescData: %i", err3); } else {
-        
-        _finalString = [[NSString stringWithCharacters:result length:charResultSize/sizeof(unichar)] copy];
-        
-        /* _finalString = [NSString stringWithCString:buffer length:length];
-        
-        if ( (! [_finalString isEqualToString:@""])      &&
-            ([_finalString characterAtIndex:0] == '\"') &&
-            ([_finalString characterAtIndex:[_finalString length] - 1] == '\"') ) {
-            _finalString = [_finalString substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(1, [_finalString length] - 2)];
+        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(buffer);
-        buffer = nil; */
+        free(result);
+    }
 
 
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return _finalString;
+}
+
+- (long)sendAEWithRequestedKeyForNumber:(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:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [key UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
+    long result = 0;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //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);
+    } else {
+        err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &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);
+            }
         }
         }
+    }
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    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]);
+
+    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;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //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);
+    } 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);
     }
     }
-    
-    //NSLog(@"Result Size: %i", charResultSize);
-    //NSLog(@"Result: %c", charResult);
-    
+
     AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
     AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
     AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
     AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
-    
+
     return _finalString;
 }
 
     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]);
+
+    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;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //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);
+    } else {
+        err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &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);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+- (NSString *)sendAEWithRequestedArray:(NSArray *)array eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn
+{
+    NSString *buildString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{ form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:'null'() }", [[array objectAtIndex:0] UTF8String]];
+    const char *sendString;
+    int i;
+    NSString  *_finalString = nil;
+
+    AEEventClass eClass = *((unsigned long*)[eventClass UTF8String]);
+    AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+
+    for (i = 1; i < [array count]; i++) {
+        NSString *from = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{ form:'prop', want:type('prop'), seld:type('%s'), from:obj %@ }",
+                 [[array objectAtIndex:i] UTF8String], buildString];
+        buildString = from;
+    }
+    buildString = [@"'----':obj " stringByAppendingString:buildString];
+    sendString = [buildString UTF8String];
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+
+    if (err) {
+        //NSLog(@"%d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[buildString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    }
+
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, idleUPP, NULL);
+
+    [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);
+    }
+    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;
+    AppleEvent event, reply;
+
+    //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);
+[self printCarbonDesc:&event];
+    AESend(&event, &reply, kAENoReply, kAENormalPriority, kAEDefaultTimeout, idleUPP, nil);
+[self printCarbonDesc:&reply];
+    AEDisposeDesc(&dest);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&event);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&reply);
+}
+
 - (void)printCarbonDesc:(AEDesc*)desc {
     Handle xx;
     AEPrintDescToHandle(desc,&xx);
 - (void)printCarbonDesc:(AEDesc*)desc {
     Handle xx;
     AEPrintDescToHandle(desc,&xx);
@@ -139,4 +454,163 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     DisposeHandle(xx);
 }
 
     DisposeHandle(xx);
 }
 
-@end
+
+- (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]];
+    const char *sendString = [nssendString UTF8String];
+    AEArrayDataPointer result = nil;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+
+    //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
+
+    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,[nssendString 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);
+    }
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+- (long)sendAEWithSendStringForNumber:(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]);
+
+    const char *sendString = [string UTF8String];
+    SInt32 result = 0;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    OSErr err2, err3;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [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 {
+        err2 = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &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);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+//NSLog(@"waffles say %d",result);
+return result;
+}
+
+- (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]);
+
+    const char *sendString = [string UTF8String];
+    AEArrayDataPointer result = NULL;
+
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus err;
+    /*
+       if ((GetProcessPID(&psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+           //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);
+
+    [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);
+    }
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return result;
+}
+@end
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iThink Software's custom extensions to Apple's Foundation framework.