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The Component palette displays the components and data objects you can add to the form or report you’re designing.

To open the Component palette, do one of the following:

Choose View|Component Palette.

Right-click anywhere on the form or report window and choose Tool Windows|Component Palette from the context menu.

Depending on which designer has focus, or whether you have installed the dBASE Plus samples (which include a number of custom components that appear automatically on the Component palette), you’ll see a selection of the following pages on the Component palette:

Tab name

What’s on the page

Standard

Common user interface controls, such as list components, buttons, text and image components, and so on.

Data Access

Database access objects required to connect to a table, group of tables, or to ensure record-locking.

Data Buttons

Buttons and toolbars (both image-style and text-labeled) for navigating through data. Installed with the dBASE Plus samples.

Report

The streamframe and group objects used to lay out reports.

Custom

Custom components that you create yourself (or obtain from a third party) or that appear in applications in the dBASE Plus samples.

ActiveX

ActiveX applications from third-party developers.