Introduction to Carbon Event Manager Programming Guide

Essential information for implementing Carbon events.

System Requirements

The Carbon Event Manager is available on Mac OS X (10.0) and later. It is also available on Mac OS 8.6 through Mac OS 9.1 when CarbonLib 1.1.1 or later is installed. Note that some Carbon Event Manager features are available only on later versions of Mac OS X.

Who Should Read This Document

Because event handling is so fundamental to applications, everyone writing Carbon applications should read this document. You should have some familiarity with Macintosh terminology and understand the basics of creating and manipulating the Mac OS user interface (windows, controls, menus, and so on).