ic objects act on changes made by the user. Some generic objects may not immediately react to these changes; instead these objects allow the user to select a variety of settings and then later &quot;apply&quot; these changes. These generic objects operate in <EM>
delayed</EM>
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mode</EM>
 and each has an &quot;apply message&quot; associated with it. For these objects, the user may alter the state of the object or its children, but the application only sends out the action to perform those changes when t