AppleEvents

E437106

Macintosh technology interprocess communication system

AppleEvents is a Macintosh interprocess communication system that allows applications and the operating system to send high-level, scriptable commands to each other.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Apple Event Object Model	1
AppleEvents canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Macintosh technology ⓘ interprocess communication system ⓘ
allows	applications to respond to scriptable events ⓘ applications to send commands to other applications ⓘ operating system to send commands to applications ⓘ
basedOn	event descriptors ⓘ
canAddress	applications by bundle identifier ⓘ applications by creator type ⓘ applications by process serial number ⓘ
category	Application scripting ⓘ Inter-process communication ⓘ Macintosh operating system technology ⓘ
communicationModel	asynchronous messaging ⓘ client-server between processes ⓘ
developedBy	Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
enables	AppleScript to control applications ⓘ GUI scripting at the application level ⓘ cross-application workflows ⓘ recordable user actions in some applications ⓘ
hasConcept	AppleEvent handler ⓘ descriptor type ⓘ event ID ⓘ event class ⓘ target address ⓘ
integratedWith	AppleScript NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedFor	system-level automation on Macintosh ⓘ
platform	Classic Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ macOS ⓘ
purpose	automation of Macintosh applications ⓘ high-level application scripting ⓘ interprocess communication ⓘ
relatedTechnology	AppleScript dictionaries ⓘ OSAX scripting additions NERFINISHED ⓘ Open Scripting Architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Scripting Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	local machine processes ⓘ
supports	attributes on events ⓘ coercion between descriptor types ⓘ event parameters ⓘ event-based messaging ⓘ high-level, human-readable commands ⓘ nested data structures in descriptors ⓘ scriptable commands ⓘ
supportsReply	yes ⓘ
uses	Apple Event Manager API NERFINISHED ⓘ Apple event descriptors ⓘ AppleEvent records ⓘ four-character event codes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System 7 (early versions) → introducedFeature → AppleEvents ⓘ

subject surface form: System 7

AppleScript → uses → AppleEvents ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Event Object Model