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
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