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36.8. Mac OS Toolbox Modules
There are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various 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
The Carbon modules have been removed in Python 3.0.
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