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    • Sharing Code between OpenModel and OpenAlias
    • Determining the Position of an Instance
    • Getting clustered position
    • Using AlUniverse::redrawScreen
    • Iterating Over Objects
    • Iterators and AlObjects
    • Cleaning up Lost Wrappers
    • Invalidating Wrappers
    • Wrappers, Destructors, and Deleting Objects
    • Copying Wrappers
    • How to invoke your OpenModel applications
    • Receiving Messages
    • Picking Objects
    • Setting Light Direction
    • Creating and Deleting Keyframes
    • Closed Forms
    • Detecting the Escape Key
    • Making your code run faster
    • Using view frames

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