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As an aid to understanding the EditMultiSelectClass it is useful to organize its methods into two large categories according to their expected use--the primary interface and the virtual methods. This organization reflects what we believe is typical use of the EditMultiSelectClass methods.

**Non-Virtual Methods**

The Non-Virtual Methods, which you are likely to call fairly routinely from your program, can be further divided into three categories:

**Housekeeping (one-time) Use:**

|  | Init (v) | initialize the EditMultiSelectClass object |
|  | AddValue | prime the MultiSelect dialog |
|  | Kill (v) | shut down the EditMultiSelectClass object |

**Mainstream Use:**

|  | TakeAction (v) | handle user actions for the dialog |
|  | TakeEvent (v) | handle events for the edit control |

**Occasional Use:**

|  | CreateContol (v) | create the edit (COMBO) control |
|  | Reset | clear the MultiSelect dialog |
|  | SetAlerts (vi) | alert keystrokes for the edit control |

(v) These methods are also virtual.

(i) These methods are inherited from the EditClass

**Virtual Methods**

Typically you will not call these methods directly--the Non-Virtual Methods call them. However, we anticipate you will often want to override these methods, and because they are virtual, they are very easy to override. These methods do provide reasonable default behavior in case you do not want to override them.

|  | Init | initialize the EditMultiSelectClass object |
|  | CreateContol | create the edit (COMBO) control |
|  | DeserializeValue | extract values from EIP column to selected queue |
|  | SetAlerts (i) | alert keystrokes for the edit control |
|  | SerializeValue | process selected items to EIP column |
|  | TakeAction | handle user actions for the dialog |
|  | TakeCompletedInit | pre-process serialized values |
|  | TakeCompletedProcess | post-process of serialized values |
|  | TakeEvent | handle events for the edit control |
|  | Kill | shut down the EditMultiSelectClass object |