Added a new function to send an AE with a send string and a direct object

[ITFoundation.git] / ITAppleEventTools.m

diff --git a/ITAppleEventTools.m b/ITAppleEventTools.m
index 217a1d1..e28f222 100755 (executable)
--- a/ITAppleEventTools.m
+++ b/ITAppleEventTools.m
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
     
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
     NSAppleEventDescriptor *send, *recv;
-    AEDesc nthDesc;
+    AEDesc resultDesc;
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize;
     
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus berr,err;
@@ -39,10 +41,61 @@ NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithString(NSString *sendString, FourCharCode ev
     
     err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, NULL, NULL);
     
-    err = AEGetNthDesc(&replyEvent, 1, typeWildCard, nil, &nthDesc);
-    if (!err) ITDebugLog(@"Error getting Nth desc.");
+    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) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
+    }
+    return recv;
+}
+
+NSAppleEventDescriptor *ITSendAEWithStringAndObject(NSString *sendString, const AEDesc *object, FourCharCode evClass, FourCharCode evID,const ProcessSerialNumber *psn)
+{
+    //Add error checking...
+    pid_t pid;
+    
+    const char *usendString = [sendString UTF8String];
+    
+    AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
+    NSAppleEventDescriptor *send, *recv;
+    AEDesc resultDesc;
+    DescType resultType;
+    Size resultSize;
+    
+    AEBuildError buildError;
+    OSStatus berr,err;
+    
+    if ((GetProcessPID(psn, &pid) == noErr) && (pid == 0)) {
+       ITDebugLog(@"Error getting PID of application.");
+       return nil;
+    }
+    
+    berr = AEBuildAppleEvent(evClass, evID, typeProcessSerialNumber,psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, usendString);
+    send = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&sendEvent] autorelease];
+    if (!berr) [send logDesc];
+    
+    if (berr) {
+        ITDebugLog(@"Error: %d:%d at \"%@\"",(int)buildError.fError,buildError.fErrorPos,[sendString substringToIndex:buildError.fErrorPos]);
+    }
+    err = AEPutParamDesc(&sendEvent, keyDirectObject, object);
+    err = AESend(&sendEvent, &replyEvent, kAEWaitReply, kAENormalPriority, kNoTimeOut, NULL, NULL);
+    
+    err = AESizeOfParam(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, &resultType, &resultSize);
+    if (resultSize == 0 || err != 0) {
+        return nil;
+    }
+    
+    AEGetParamDesc(&replyEvent, keyDirectObject, resultType, &resultDesc);
     
-    recv = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&nthDesc] autorelease];
+    recv = [[[NSAppleEventDescriptor alloc] initWithAEDescNoCopy:&resultDesc] autorelease];
     if (!err) [recv logDesc];
     
     if (err) {