To add custom components to the Component palette

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If you have designed a custom component yourself, the simplest way to add it to the Component palette is to check the Place In Component Palette check box in the Save As Custom dialog box (File|Save As Custom) at the time you are saving your custom component. If you didn’t do this, or if you have a custom component from someone else, here’s what to do:

1. Choose File|Set Up Custom Components (or right-click in the Component palette for access to the same command).

• The Set Up Custom Components dialog box appears. It lists paths to custom component files whose components already appear on the Component palette.

• Choose Add to open the Choose Custom Component dialog box.

• In the Choose Custom Component dialog box, locate the custom component file (with the .CC extension) that contains the component you want to put on the Component palette. Choose Open.

• The path name to the selected custom component file now appears in the Set Up Custom Components dialog box.

• With the desired .CC file selected, choose OK. The custom components you have saved in the .CC file appear on the Custom page of your Component palette (in both the Form and Report designers), ready to use just like any other component.