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IDE Palette Menu

For CodeGear Studio/Borland Developer Studio/Delphi/C++Builder IDEs

New Version 3.0.1! Now supports Delphi 2007 and BDS 2006.

Are you tired of scrolling through the pages of the BDS, Delphi, and C++Builder component palettes looking for the right page? If so, then download and try out the Raize Palette Menu expert, which when installed adds a new menu to the selected IDE that provides instant access to any page on the component palette.

The screen shot below shows the Raize Palette Menu in action. When the menu is invoked, the currently available component palette pages are presented in user-defined categories.

New for Delphi 2007 and BDS 2006 Users

If you are using Delphi 2007 or Borland Developer Studio 2006, in addition to the Palette menu item on the main menu, a new Raize Palette Menu tool button is added to the IDE Tool Palette window as shown in the following screen shot.

Custom Categories

The Raize Palette Menu support defining custom categories for grouping your various component palette pages. Simply select the "Edit Categories..." menu item. You can then group the palette pages in any way your desire. In fact, you can even have pages appear in multiple categories as illustrated in the Data Access page below.

Download Instructions

  1. Download the appropriate zip file from the table below.
  2. Unzip the file to extract the appropriate design package for your version of BDS, Delphi, or C++Builder.
  3. Install the extracted package into the appropriate IDE by closing all files and then selecting the Component|Install Packages menu item.
  4. Click on the Add button and select the appropriate design package. After closing all dialog boxes, the new Palette menu item will be available.
If you have... Download... Unzip and Install...
Delphi 5 or C++Builder 5 RaizePaletteMenu50.zip RaizePaletteMenu50.bpl
Delphi 6 or C++Builder 6 RaizePaletteMenu60.zip RaizePaletteMenu60.bpl
Delphi 7 RaizePaletteMenu70.zip RaizePaletteMenu70.bpl
Delphi 2005 RaizePaletteMenu90.zip RaizePaletteMenu90.bpl
BDS 2006 RaizePaletteMenu100.zip RaizePaletteMenu100.bpl
Delphi 2007 RaizePaletteMenu105.zip RaizePaletteMenu105.bpl