# Managing Items

This chapter provides the programming details necessary to create or open items, manage items and, when finished, delete or close items. For more information about the function calls in this chapter, see see Kernel Folio Calls, in 3DO System Programmer's Reference.

This chapter contains the following topics:

- About Items
- Creating an Item
- Using an Item
- Deleting an Item
- Opening an Item
- Closing an Item
- Function Calls