Disappearing Shapes in the Palette

I've only been using DVDSP for two or three days so apologies if I'm asking an obvious question. But my shapes keep disappearing from my palette every time I reopen my project.
I have several buttons on a menu that I have set up fine with shapes that I created in Photoshop. I import them ok into the Custom tab in the palette from an external hard disc, am fine when i place them as a button and they work great in the simulator. But if I close the project, I'm told that they are missing when I restart it.
The strange thing is though, that when I reimport them, I'm told that shapes of that filename are already in the palette (even though there are no icons visible).
I'm really confused, and a bit wound up by this.
Can anyone help?
Tim
12 Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

ok, so it's been alomst two weeks and there's not a single reply to this so far...
does this mean that i'm the only one who has this problem is or is there nobody out there re-using or even re-opening projects with custom shapes???
any suggestions as to what could be causeing dvdsp to loose custom shapes used in a project would be much appreciated.
thanks

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      else if (command.equals("White"))
         selectedShape.setColor(Color.white);
      else if (command.equals("Big"))
         selectedShape.resize(75,45);
      else if (command.equals("Medium"))
         selectedShape.resize(50,30);
      else if (command.equals("Small"))
         selectedShape.resize(25,15);
      else if (command.equals("Delete"))
         shapes.removeElement(selectedShape);
      else if (command.equals("Bring To Front")) {
         shapes.removeElement(selectedShape);
         shapes.addElement(selectedShape);
      repaint();
   synchronized public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt) {
         // User has pressed the mouse. Find the shape that the user has clicked on, if
         // any. If there is a shape at the position when the mouse was clicked, then
         // start dragging it. If the user was holding down the shift key, then bring
         // the dragged shape to the front, in front of all the other shapes.
      int x = evt.getX(); // x-coordinate of point where mouse was clicked
      int y = evt.getY(); // y-coordinate of point
      if (evt.isPopupTrigger()) {            // If this is a pop-up menu event that
         selectedShape = clickedShape(x,y); // occurred over a shape, record which shape
         if (selectedShape != null)          // it is and show the menu.
            popup.show(this,x,y);
      else {
         draggedShape = clickedShape(x,y);
         if (draggedShape != null) {
            prevDragX = x;
            prevDragY = y;
            if (evt.isShiftDown()) {                 // Bring the shape to the front by moving it to
               shapes.removeElement(draggedShape); //       the end of the list of shapes.
               shapes.addElement(draggedShape);
               repaint(); // repaint canvas to show shape in front of other shapes
   synchronized public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent evt) {
          // User has moved the mouse. Move the dragged shape by the same amount.
      if (draggedShape != null) {
         int x = evt.getX();
         int y = evt.getY();
         draggedShape.moveBy(x - prevDragX, y - prevDragY);
         prevDragX = x;
         prevDragY = y;
         repaint();      // redraw canvas to show shape in new position
   synchronized public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent evt) {
          // User has released the mouse. Move the dragged shape, then set
          // shapeBeingDragged to null to indicate that dragging is over.
          // If the shape lies completely outside the canvas, remove it
          // from the list of shapes (since there is no way to ever move
          // it back onscreen).
      int x = evt.getX();
      int y = evt.getY();
      if (draggedShape != null) {
         draggedShape.moveBy(x - prevDragX, y - prevDragY);
         if ( draggedShape.left >= getSize().width || draggedShape.top >= getSize().height ||
                 draggedShape.left + draggedShape.width < 0 ||
                 draggedShape.top + draggedShape.height < 0 ) { // shape is off-screen
            shapes.removeElement(draggedShape); // remove shape from list of shapes
         draggedShape = null;
         repaint();
      else if (evt.isPopupTrigger()) {        // If this is a pop-up menu event that
         selectedShape = clickedShape(x,y);   // occurred over a shape, record the
         if (selectedShape != null)           // shape and show the menu.
            popup.show(this,x,y);
   public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent evt) { }   // Other methods required for MouseListener and
   public void mouseExited(MouseEvent evt) { }    //              MouseMotionListener interfaces.
   public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent evt) { }
   public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent evt) { }
} // end class ShapeCanvas
abstract class Shape {
      // A class representing shapes that can be displayed on a ShapeCanvas.
      // The subclasses of this class represent particular types of shapes.
      // When a shape is first constucted, it has height and width zero
      // and a default color of white.
   int left, top;      // Position of top left corner of rectangle that bounds this shape.
   int width, height; // Size of the bounding rectangle.
   Color color = Color.white; // Color of this shape.
   void reshape(int left, int top, int width, int height) {
         // Set the position and size of this shape.
      this.left = left;
      this.top = top;
      this.width = width;
      this.height = height;
   void resize(int width,int height) {
         // Set the size without changing the position
      this.width = width;
      this.height = height;
   void moveTo(int x, int y) {
          // Move upper left corner to the point (x,y)
      this.left = x;
      this.top = y;
   void moveBy(int dx, int dy) {
          // Move the shape by dx pixels horizontally and dy pixels veritcally
          // (by changing the position of the top-left corner of the shape).
      left += dx;
      top += dy;
   void setColor(Color color) {
          // Set the color of this shape
      this.color = color;
   boolean containsPoint(int x, int y) {
         // Check whether the shape contains the point (x,y).
         // By default, this just checks whether (x,y) is inside the
         // rectangle that bounds the shape. This method should be
         // overridden by a subclass if the default behaviour is not
         // appropriate for the subclass.
      if (x >= left && x < left+width && y >= top && y < top+height)
         return true;
      else
         return false;
   abstract void draw(Graphics g);
         // Draw the shape in the graphics context g.
         // This must be overriden in any concrete subclass.
} // end of class Shape
class RectShape extends Shape {
      // This class represents rectangle shapes.
   void draw(Graphics g) {
      g.setColor(color);
      g.fillRect(left,top,width,height);
      g.setColor(Color.black);
      g.drawRect(left,top,width,height);
class OvalShape extends Shape {
       // This class represents oval shapes.
   void draw(Graphics g) {
      g.setColor(color);
      g.fillOval(left,top,width,height);
      g.setColor(Color.black);
      g.drawOval(left,top,width,height);
   boolean containsPoint(int x, int y) {
         // Check whether (x,y) is inside this oval, using the
         // mathematical equation of an ellipse.
      double rx = width/2.0;   // horizontal radius of ellipse
      double ry = height/2.0; // vertical radius of ellipse
      double cx = left + rx;   // x-coord of center of ellipse
      double cy = top + ry;    // y-coord of center of ellipse
      if ( (ry*(x-cx))*(ry*(x-cx)) + (rx*(y-cy))*(rx*(y-cy)) <= rx*rx*ry*ry )
         return true;
      else
        return false;
class RoundRectShape extends Shape {
       // This class represents rectangle shapes with rounded corners.
       // (Note that it uses the inherited version of the
       // containsPoint(x,y) method, even though that is not perfectly
       // accurate when (x,y) is near one of the corners.)
   void draw(Graphics g) {
      g.setColor(color);
      g.fillRoundRect(left,top,width,height,width/3,height/3);
      g.setColor(Color.black);
      g.drawRoundRect(left,top,width,height,width/3,height/3);
}

Manveer-Singh
Please don't post in old threads that are long dead. When you have a question, please start a topic of your own. Feel free to provide a link to an old thread if relevant.
I'm locking this 3 year old thread now.
db
edit You have earlier been advised not to post in old dead threads.
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Continuing to ignore this advice will render your account liable to be blocked.
Edited by: Darryl.Burke

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