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The C++Builder IDE Explored: Projects and Forms
Copy, and Paste buttons on the toolbar, so I have customized my toolbar to include those
buttons. Figure 6.4 illustrates the process of dragging the Paste button to the toolbar (the
Cut, Copy, and Undo buttons have already been placed).
Figure 6.4.
Customizing the
toolbar.
Feel free to customize the C++Builder IDE any way you like. It’s your development
environment, so make it work for you.
Using the Component Palette
The C++Builder Component Palette is used to select a component or other control (such as
an ActiveX control) in order to place that control on a form. The Component Palette is a
multipage window. Tabs are provided to allow you to navigate between pages. Clicking on
a tab will display the available components or controls on that page.
Placing a component on a form is a two-step process. First, go to the Component Palette and
select the button representing the component you want to use. Then click on the form to
place the component on the form. The component appears with its upper-left corner placed
where you clicked with the mouse.
You have already seen the Component Palette’s basic operations, but it has a couple other
features that you haven’t seen yet. The following sections explain these features.
Placing Multiple Copies of a Component
So far you have only placed one component at a time on a form. You can easily place multiple
components of the same type without selecting the component from the Component Palette
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