CAR demonstrates how to create a Workplace Shell object using basic object-oriented programming techniques and the SOM, including:

• Initializing an object
  
• Adding settings pages to an object
  
• Saving and restoring the state of an object
  
• Modifying an object's context menus (adding and deleting menu items)
  
• Querying object class data
  
• Processing context menu items
  
• Implementing settings page dialog processing
  
• Handling exceptions