Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication /

Chapter 4 - Responding to Apple Events / Reference to Responding to Apple Events

Routines for Responding to Apple Events / Deleting Descriptor Records

AEDeleteItem

You can use the AEDeleteItem function to delete a descriptor record from a descriptor list. All subsequent descriptor records will then move up one place.

FUNCTION AEDeleteItem (theAEDescList: AEDescList; 
                       index: LongInt): OSErr;

theAEDescList

The descriptor list containing the descriptor record to be deleted.

index

The position of the descriptor record to delete (for example, 2 specifies the second item).

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
errAEDescNotFound	-1701	Descriptor record was not found
errAENotAEDesc	-1704	Not a valid descriptor record
errAEBadListItem	-1705	Operation involving a list item failed