>I appologize in advance for such a primitive question...
>But how does one include one's own custom controls
>into form designer so that they become visible on
>the Tools toolbar?
>In Visual dBase it was a built-in option from the menu,
>but here I've been sitting for 2 hours already and can't
>figure it out. Programmatically I can place any control
>on the form, but then I have to sit down and count pixels,-
>yuk!!! Please help!

options-controls-check - visual class librarie- click add
then you can in the form designer - control toolbar (the books icon) choose which set will be active at any specific moment
(you can also add VCXs there on a temporary basis)

Arnon