A palette is a Java™ archive (.jar) file containing one or more symbols
organized in categories. Palettes are used for two purposes:
- To organize and store symbols for ease of use in the Symbol Editor.
- To export symbols to other Rogue Wave® applications such as the JViewsDashboard Editor or the Designer for Rogue Wave JViews Diagrammer.
To create a new palette:
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In the menu bar, click Palette > New Palette.The Palette Properties property sheet opens.
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Type
bampalette
in the Name field. -
Edit the name of the Java package used to store the palette in the Package Name field.
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Type a description of the package in the Description field.The Palette Properties property sheet
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Click OK.The Save Palette File dialog box opens.
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Navigate to the directory where you want to save the palette.By default, palette files are saved in the current user's home directory.
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Type
bampalette
in the File name field. -
Click Save.
This palette is opened in the Symbol
Palettes pane at the right of the Symbol Editor interface.
![diasym_sympallette14.png](../usrsymboldiag/_media/diasym_sympallette14_default.png)
The Symbol Palettes pane
Tip
You can have multiple palettes open
simultaneously in the Symbol Palettes pane.