Inside Macintosh: OpenDoc Class Reference /

Part 1 - Classes and Methods

ODDescList

Superclasses

ODDesc --> ODObject

Subclasses

ODRecord

An object of the ODDescList class is a wrapper for a descriptor list (type AEDescList), a descriptor structure that is a list of other descriptor structures.

Description

A descriptor list is a data structure of type AEDescList defined by the data type AEDesc--that is, a descriptor list is a descriptor record whose data handle refers to a list of other descriptor records (unless it is an empty list).

For more information on Apple events and the AEDescList type, see the "Introduction to Apple Events" chapter of Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication. For general information on scripting support in OpenDoc, see the chapter on semantic events and scripting in the OpenDoc Programmer's Guide for the MacOS.

Methods

This section presents a summary description of the ODDescList method, followed by a detailed description.

InitODDescList

Initializes this descriptor list.

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Methods

InitODDescList