+
+- (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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