Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Creating and modifying Palette objects

Always create your own template and palette objects. Do not modify the default template or palette objects. Any changes you make to the default objects will be overwritten by changes Progress makes in future releases.

To create a palette object with the ROM to add a custom icon to the Object Palette:

Create a SmartDataField drop-down calendar.
Save it as dropdowncal.w in the adm2/custom directory and register it in the Repository.
Open the ROM and type palette in the Object Type field.
Expand the tree view to show the contents of the Palette Objects node.
Create a new object using the following values:

Field	Value
Product	MyProduct
Product module	MyProductModule
Object type code	staticSDF
Object filename	myCustomPalettes
Layout	None (00)

Expand the myCustomPalettes node.
Create a new Object Instance named dropdowncal.
Add the following attributes for dropdowncal:
PaletteNewTemplate — adm2/custom/dropdowncal.w
PaletteType — SmartDataField
PaletteLabel — Dropdown Calendar
PaletteOrder — 5
Choose File Preferences on the Administration window. The Dynamics Preferences dialog box appears.
Type *, myCustomPalettes in the Custom Palettes field, as shown:



Choose OK.
Choose Menu Use Custom... from the Object Palette’s menu. The Use Custom dialog box appears.
Choose OK to reload the information from the Repository.
Right-click the SmartDataField icon. The new Dropdown Calendar object is available on the pop-up menu.