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\section{\module{aetypes} ---
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AppleEvent objects}
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\declaremodule{standard}{aetypes}
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\platform{Mac}
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%\moduleauthor{Jack Jansen?}{email}
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\modulesynopsis{Python representation of the Apple Event Object Model.}
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\sectionauthor{Vincent Marchetti}{vincem@en.com}
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The \module{aetypes} defines classes used to represent Apple Event
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object specifiers. An object specifier is essentially an address of an
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object implemented in a Apple Event server. An Apple Event specifier
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is used as the direct object for an Apple Event or as the argument of
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an optional parameter. In AppleScript an object specifier is
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represented by a phrase such as:
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\code{character 23 of document "Semprini"}. The classes defined in
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this module allow this specifier to be represented by a Python object
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which is initialized as follows:
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\code{res = Document(1).Character(23)}
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The \module{AEObjects} module defines the following class:
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\begin{classdesc}{ObjectSpecifier}{want, form, seld, from}
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This is the base class for representing object specifiers and is
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generally not constructed directly by the user. Its important
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functionality is to define an \function{__aepack__()} function,
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which returns the Apple Event descriptor containing the object
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specifier. Its data members, set directly from the constructor
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arguments, are:
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\end{classdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{want}
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A four character string representing the class code of the
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object. These class codes are specified in Apple Event Suites; for
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example the standard code for a character object is the 4 bytes
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\samp{char}.
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\end{memberdesc}
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