X-Git-Url: http://git.ithinksw.org/ITFoundation.git/blobdiff_plain/4740388716dc49958b8fab291e44ea26f2bc1578..1ea39b0f18a93a1622b987e11b502b3b4ac2f821:/ITAppleEventCenter.m

diff --git a/ITAppleEventCenter.m b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
index fa7dc28..562dbc7 100755
--- a/ITAppleEventCenter.m
+++ b/ITAppleEventCenter.m
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ 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:'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];
     NSString  *_finalString = nil;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
@@ -69,15 +70,80 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
+    } 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);
+    }
+
+    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);
+
+    [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);
@@ -113,7 +179,8 @@ 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:'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;
@@ -134,10 +201,10 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
@@ -172,7 +239,8 @@ 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];
     NSString  *_finalString = nil;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
@@ -193,15 +261,15 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
@@ -237,7 +305,8 @@ 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;
@@ -258,10 +327,10 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
@@ -326,15 +395,15 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
+    [self printCarbonDesc:&replyEvent];
 
     if (err) {
         NSLog(@"Send Error: %i",err);
@@ -370,18 +439,19 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     //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;
+    Handle xx;
     AEPrintDescToHandle(desc,&xx);
     NSLog(@"Handle: %s", *xx);
-    DisposeHandle(xx);*/
+    DisposeHandle(xx);
 }
 
 
@@ -391,31 +461,29 @@ 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;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
 
-    DescType resultType;
-    Size resultSize, charResultSize;
 
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
-    OSErr err2, err3;
 
     //NSLog(@"_sendString: %s", sendString);
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
@@ -442,13 +510,13 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
     AEEventID    eID    = *((unsigned long*)[eventID UTF8String]);
 
     const char *sendString = [string UTF8String];
-    long result = 0;
+    SInt32 result = 0;
 
     AppleEvent sendEvent, replyEvent;
 
     DescType resultType;
     Size resultSize, charResultSize;
-    
+
     AEBuildError buildError;
     OSStatus err;
     OSErr err2, err3;
@@ -462,10 +530,10 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
 
     err = AEBuildAppleEvent(eClass, eID, typeProcessSerialNumber,(ProcessSerialNumber*)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber), kAutoGenerateReturnID, 0, &sendEvent, &buildError, sendString);
 
-    //[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+    [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);
@@ -488,10 +556,228 @@ static ITAppleEventCenter *_sharedAECenter = nil;
         }
     }
 
+
+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;
 }
+- (long)sendAEWithSendStringForNumber:(NSString*)string eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn fixForAECrappiness:(long)fix
+{
+    //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];
+	//now AEBuildAppleEvent has inserted a bogus integer in there for no reason, so we fix it ourselves.
+	{ //this sucks
+//hey, i'm coding this in pico, sccrew indention
+char *buf;
+Size s,i;
+s = AESizeOfFlattenedDesc(&sendEvent);
+buf = malloc(s);
+AEFlattenDesc(&sendEvent,buf,s,NULL);	
+AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+for (i=0;i<s;i++)
+{
+long *lbuf = &(buf[i]);
+if (s-i <= 8) break; //is there enough room left?
+if (*lbuf == 'long' || *lbuf=='magn')
+{
+lbuf = &(buf[i+4]);
+*lbuf = fix;
+}
+}
+//sendEvent = NULL;
+AEUnflattenDesc(buf,&sendEvent);
+free(buf);
+}
+
+
+    [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;
+}
+
+- (NSString*)sendAEWithSendString:(NSString*)nssendString eventClass:(NSString*)eventClass eventID:(NSString*)eventID appPSN:(ProcessSerialNumber)psn fixForAECrappiness:(long)fix
+{
+    //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);
+[self printCarbonDesc:&sendEvent];
+        //now AEBuildAppleEvent has inserted a bogus integer in there for no reason, so we fix it ourselves.
+{ //this sucks
+//hey, i'm coding this in pico, sccrew indention
+Size s;
+AEDesc dirObj;
+long tmp;
+AEKeyword a;
+AESizeOfParam(&sendEvent,'from',&a,&s);
+//AEDeleteParam(&sendEvent,'seld');
+//AEPutParamPtr(&sendEvent,'seld','long',&fix,sizeof(fix));
+AEGetParamDesc(&sendEvent,'from',a,&dirObj);
+AEGetParamPtr(&dirObj,'seld','long',&a,&tmp,4,&s);
+{
+char *x = (char*)&a;
+	NSLog(@"the seld: %lu of type %c%c%c%c len %lu",tmp,x[0],x[1],x[2],x[3],s);
+}
+AEDisposeDesc(&dirObj);
+}
+    [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);
+    }
+
+    AEDisposeDesc(&sendEvent);
+    AEDisposeDesc(&replyEvent);
+
+    return _finalString;
+}
 @end