Making Components Available at Design Time

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Topics

• Making Components Available at Design Time - Overview
• Registering Components
  • Declaring the Register Procedure
  • Writing the Register Procedure
    • Specifying the Components
    • Specifying the Palette Page
    • Using the RegisterComponents Procedure
    • Defining the Loading State for Components Registered in a Package
• Providing Help for Your Component
• Adding Property Editors
  • Deriving a Property-editor Class
  • Editing the Property as Text
    • Displaying the Property Value
    • Setting the Property Value
  • Editing the Property as a Whole
  • Specifying Editor Attributes
  • Registering the Property Editor
• Property Categories
  • Registering One Property at a Time
  • Registering Multiple Properties at Once
  • Specifying Property Categories
  • Using the IsPropertyInCategory Function
• Adding Component Editors
  • Adding Items to the Context Menu
    • Specifying Menu Items
    • Implementing Commands
  • Changing the Double-click Behavior
  • Adding Clipboard Formats
  • Registering the Component Editor
• Compiling Components into Packages
• Troubleshooting Custom Components (C++)