User`s guide

Define Components
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1
Class Directory Field. Specify a class name for your component. The build process
creates a folder with the name you specify and places the component's files in it. The
class folder name must be unique for each component in the package. By convention,
component class names begin with an uppercase or lowercase letter c; for example,
cUserDefinedComponent.
2
Package Directory Field. Specify the folder in which to store files for groups of
components you create. Files for each component are stored in a subfolder with the
name you entered into Class Directory Field.
3
Parent Directory Field. Specify this folder when you create a package for the first
time. This folder is the parent folder of the Package Directory.
Set Component Display Options
You can specify how you want your component to appear in the Report Explorer by
entering data in the Component Display Options area of the Properties pane. Enter
the following information:
1
Display Name. Specify a display name for the component to appear in the list of
components for its associated category. Component categories and display names
appear in the Options pane in the middle of the Report Explorer.
For information on specifying component categories, see step 3, Category Name.
The following example shows how to create a component called My First
Component in a category called My Category.
2
Description. Enter a description for the component. This description appears when
you click the component name or category name in the Options pane in the middle of
the Report Explorer. Make the description informative, but brief.