{"identifier":98925,"topic":"Commands","name":"request","text":"<code><pre>request <i>expression<\/i> from|of program \u00ac\n<i>                 program<\/i>\nrequest <i>expression<\/i> from|\u0000\u0000\u0004\u0000of \u00ac\n                 program id <i>programID<\/i>\nrequest <i>expression<\/i> from|of \u00ac\n                 this program\nrequest appleEvent data|class|id| \u00ac \n           sender|return id|sender id\nrequest appleEvent data \u00ac\n               with keyword <i>aeKeyword\n<\/pre><\/code>\n<code>Expression<\/i> <\/code>yields an expression understandable to the target program. <br>\n<br>\n<i><code>From<\/i> <\/code>and <i><code>of<\/i> <\/code>are interchangeable. <br><br>\n\n <i><code>Program<\/i> <\/code>yields a valid program path name in the form <br><br>\n\n <i><code>zone:targetComputer:targetProgram <\/i> <\/code>where <i><code>targetProgram<\/i> <\/code>is the name of a program running on computer<code> <i>targetComputer<\/i> <\/code>in network zone <i><code>zone<\/code> <\/i>.<code> <i>ProgramID<\/i> <\/code>is the application\u2019s signature.<code> <i>AeKeyword<\/i> <\/code>is an Apple event keyword. <br>\n","related":{"30026":"answer","73723":"appleEvent","97817":"reply"},"examples":"","demo":"on tellTheStack\n   -- this demo only works with System 7 \n   if not systemSeven() then exit tellTheStack\n   <b>request<\/b> \"the name of this stack\" of program \u00ac\n   (the short name of HyperCard)\n   answer \"This is\" && it & \".\"\n end tellTheStack\n <br><br>\n\n function systemSeven\n   return the systemVersion \u2265 7.0\n end systemSeven\n ","debug":{"9":["request expression f"],"10":["From and of are inte"]}}