Getting project settings from an .aep file

Hi there,

I am developing a very simple cocoa-applescript application to control a renderfarm. Actually, I already finished and it works. But now I am trying to make it smoother. I'd like to get basic information (start rendering frame, end rendering frame, output path, etc) directly from the .aep binary file. I was reading parts of the SDK docs and I'd say I should focus on the AEGPs, but I am not sure if that would work from my appplication.

So to make it short, is it actually posible to get info from an .aep binary file outside After Effects?

Thanks!