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Chapter 5 - Collection Manager

Using the Collection Manager

This section describes how your application can

• create or dispose of a collection
• clone or copy a collection
• change the default attributes of a collection
• add items to a collection
• determine the collection index of an item
• determine the collection tag and collection ID of an item
• determine the size of an item's variable-length data
• get and set the attributes of a collection item
• replace items in a collection
• remove items from a collection
• retrieve the variable-length data from a collection item
• examine the collection tags of a collection
• flatten and unflatten collections
• read collections from and write collections to disk

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Subtopics

Determining Whether the Collection Manager Is Available

Creating or Disposing of a Collection

Cloning or Copying a Collection

Changing the Default Attributes of a Collection

Adding Items to a Collection

Determining the Collection Index of an Item

Determining the Tag and ID of an Item

Determining the Size of an Item's Variable-Length Data

Getting and Setting the Attributes of an Item

Replacing Items in a Collection

Removing Items From a Collection

Retrieving the Variable-Length Data From an Item

Examining the Collection Tags of a Collection

Flattening and Unflattening a Collection

Reading Collections From and Writing Collections to Disk

Reading a Collection From a Collection Resource

Installing an Exception Procedure