On Monday, Sep 2, 2002, at 13:53 Europe/London, Joost van de Griek wrote:
> You're not finding anything in the Help files, because Apple Events > aren't > of much interest to end users. > > For developers, they're a means of establishing inter-program > communication. > For example, one program can send an event to another program to have > that > program quit. > > AppleScript is built upon Apple Events. Consider the following > AppleScript: > > tell application "Finder" > quit > end tell > > This sends a signal to the Finder, telling it to quit. That's Apple > Events > at work for ya right there! Oh, i see, it's related to AppleScript, I see! Well that explains a lot, thanks Joost. For the record I am technically a developer.... -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
