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admind34f4242006-08-25 22:03:55 +0000[diff] [blame]66<p>All of the available libraries are located in your <dfn>system/libraries</dfn> folder.
67In most cases, to use one of these classes involves initializing it within a <a href="controllers.html">controller</a> using the following initialization function:</p>
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