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Owning Palette: Protocols VIs and Functions

Use the AppleEvent VIs to interface with applications using Apple event instructions.

Example

The VIs on this palette can return Apple event error codes.

Palette Object	Description
AESend Do Script	Sends the Do Script Apple event to a target application.
AESend Finder Open	Sends the Apple event instructing the Finder on a machine to open applications or documents.
AESend Open Document	Sends the Open Document Apple event to a target application, instructing the application to open a document.
AESend Open	Sends the Open Apple event to a target application.
AESend Print Document	Sends the Print Document Apple event to a target application, instructing the application to print a document.
AESend Quit Application	Sends the Quit Application Apple event to a target application.
Get Target ID	Returns a target ID for an application based on its name and location. You can specify the name and location of the application or search the entire network for the application.

Subpalette	Description
LabVIEW Specific Apple Events VIs	Use the LabVIEW Specific Apple Events VIs to send messages that only LabVIEW applications (standard and run-time systems) recognize. Use these VIs only when communicating with LabVIEW applications.
Low Level Apple Events VIs	Use the Low Level Apple Events VIs to construct Apple event parameters and send the Apple event. The high-level VIs for sending Apple events are based on the AESend VI and are good examples of creating Apple events and their parameters.

Example

Refer to the labview\examples\comm\AE Examples.llb for examples of using the AppleEvent VIs.