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AMS Library is a collection of functions and utilities for interacting with SketchUp window and its input procedures via the Microsoft Windows API. Features include switching SketchUp fullscreen, monitoring window state changes, monitoring keyboard and mouse events, and preventing the interference of SketchUp keyboard and mouse shortcut accelerators. Such features provide extension developers with additional control over their tool. In addition to utilizing Sketchup::Tool events, a developer can utilize AMS Library's keyboard and mouse callback functions to receive input of all the messages, including the mouse wheel. AMS Library's callback events are registered in form of observers (although they are also modifiers), meaning a tool does not necessarily have to be an active tool in order to receive input events. This allows for operating extensions while other extensions are operating. In addition to the observer and modifier procedures, AMS Library provides Windows API functionality for tweaking dialogs to a next level, including removing the surrounding window frame and applying window transparency. Furthermore, AMS Library comes with various geometry and entity hierarchy manipulation functions. In a way, AMS Library provides developers with functionality not achievable with SketchUp Ruby API.

AMS Library is intended to be used as a dependency extension by other extensions. Currently, AMS Library is used by MSPhysics extensions.

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