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The Toolbox Event Manager provides routines that communicate information about actions performed by the user and give notice of changes in the processing status of your application. The Event Manager also provides routines that your application can use to communicate with other applications.


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		Event Manager Reference This document contains the most up-to-date information available for the Event Manager APIs.

		Handling Carbon Events This document describes the basic features of the Carbon Event Manager. It includes an overview of the Carbon event model and describes how to use Carbon event handlers to perform commonly needed tasks.

		Carbon Porting Guide Chapter 5 of the Carbon Porting Guide contains an example of adding Carbon events to a sample application.

		Carbon Event Manager Reference This document describes in detail the Carbon Event Manager API.


		Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials (Chapter 2 - Event Manager) This document describes the parts of the Macintosh system software that allow you to implement essential user interface components in your application. Chapter 2 describes how to use the Event Manager and includes an overview, a tutorial, and a complete API reference.