3.17 `Carbon.Scrap` -- Scrap Manager

Availability: Macintosh.

This module is only fully available on MacOS9 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:

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.

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.

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3.17 Carbon.Scrap -- Scrap Manager

3.17 `Carbon.Scrap` -- Scrap Manager