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# 36.8. Mac OS Toolbox Modules

These are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various legacy Mac OS toolboxes. If applicable the module will define a number of Python objects for the various structures declared by the toolbox, and operations will be implemented as methods of the object. Other operations will be implemented as functions in the module. Not all operations possible in C will also be possible in Python (callbacks are often a problem), and parameters will occasionally be different in Python (input and output buffers, especially). All methods and functions have a `__doc__` string describing their arguments and return values, and for additional description you are referred to Inside Macintosh or similar works.

These modules all live in a package called `Carbon`. Despite that name they are not all part of the Carbon framework: CF is really in the CoreFoundation framework and Qt is in the QuickTime framework. The normal use pattern is

    from Carbon import AE

Note

Most of the OS X APIs that these modules use are deprecated or removed in recent versions of OS X. Many are not available when Python is executing in 64-bit mode. The Carbon modules have been removed in Python 3. You should avoid using them in Python 2.

## 36.8.1. `Carbon.AE` — Apple Events

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.2. `Carbon.AH` — Apple Help

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.3. `Carbon.App` — Appearance Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.4. `Carbon.Appearance` — Appearance Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.5. `Carbon.CF` — Core Foundation

Platforms: Mac

The `CFBase`, `CFArray`, `CFData`, `CFDictionary`, `CFString` and `CFURL` objects are supported, some only partially.

## 36.8.6. `Carbon.CG` — Core Graphics

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.7. `Carbon.CarbonEvt` — Carbon Event Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.8. `Carbon.CarbonEvents` — Carbon Event Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.9. `Carbon.Cm` — Component Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.10. `Carbon.Components` — Component Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.11. `Carbon.ControlAccessor` — Control Manager accssors

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.12. `Carbon.Controls` — Control Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.13. `Carbon.CoreFounation` — CoreFounation constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.14. `Carbon.CoreGraphics` — CoreGraphics constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.15. `Carbon.Ctl` — Control Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.16. `Carbon.Dialogs` — Dialog Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.17. `Carbon.Dlg` — Dialog Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.18. `Carbon.Drag` — Drag and Drop Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.19. `Carbon.Dragconst` — Drag and Drop Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.20. `Carbon.Events` — Event Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.21. `Carbon.Evt` — Event Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.22. `Carbon.File` — File Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.23. `Carbon.Files` — File Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.24. `Carbon.Fm` — Font Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.25. `Carbon.Folder` — Folder Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.26. `Carbon.Folders` — Folder Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.27. `Carbon.Fonts` — Font Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.28. `Carbon.Help` — Help Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.29. `Carbon.IBCarbon` — Carbon InterfaceBuilder

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.30. `Carbon.IBCarbonRuntime` — Carbon InterfaceBuilder constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.31. `Carbon.Icn` — Carbon Icon Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.32. `Carbon.Icons` — Carbon Icon Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.33. `Carbon.Launch` — Carbon Launch Services

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.34. `Carbon.LaunchServices` — Carbon Launch Services constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.35. `Carbon.List` — List Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.36. `Carbon.Lists` — List Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.37. `Carbon.MacHelp` — Help Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.38. `Carbon.MediaDescr` — Parsers and generators for Quicktime Media descriptors

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.39. `Carbon.Menu` — Menu Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.40. `Carbon.Menus` — Menu Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.41. `Carbon.Mlte` — MultiLingual Text Editor

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.42. `Carbon.OSA` — Carbon OSA Interface

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.43. `Carbon.OSAconst` — Carbon OSA Interface constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.44. `Carbon.QDOffscreen` — QuickDraw Offscreen constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.45. `Carbon.Qd` — QuickDraw

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.46. `Carbon.Qdoffs` — QuickDraw Offscreen

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.47. `Carbon.Qt` — QuickTime

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.48. `Carbon.QuickDraw` — QuickDraw constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.49. `Carbon.QuickTime` — QuickTime constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.50. `Carbon.Res` — Resource Manager and Handles

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.51. `Carbon.Resources` — Resource Manager and Handles constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.52. `Carbon.Scrap` — Scrap Manager

Platforms: Mac

This module is only fully available on Mac OS 9 and earlier under classic PPC MacPython. Very limited functionality is available under Carbon MacPython.

The Scrap Manager supports the simplest form of cut & paste operations on the Macintosh. It can be use for both inter- and intra-application clipboard operations.

The `Scrap` module provides low-level access to the functions of the Scrap Manager. It contains the following functions:

`Carbon.Scrap.` `InfoScrap`()

  Return current information about the scrap. The information is encoded as a tuple containing the fields `(size, handle, count, state, path)`.

  Field | Meaning
  --- | ---
  size | Size of the scrap in bytes.
  handle | Resource object representing the scrap.
  count | Serial number of the scrap contents.
  state | Integer; positive if in memory, `0` if on disk, negative if uninitialized.
  path | Filename of the scrap when stored on disk.

See also

Scrap Manager
  Apple’s documentation for the Scrap Manager gives a lot of useful information about using the Scrap Manager in applications.

## 36.8.53. `Carbon.Snd` — Sound Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.54. `Carbon.Sound` — Sound Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.55. `Carbon.TE` — TextEdit

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.56. `Carbon.TextEdit` — TextEdit constants

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.57. `Carbon.Win` — Window Manager

Platforms: Mac

## 36.8.58. `Carbon.Windows` — Window Manager constants

Platforms: Mac

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