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To Create Copies of Existing *.dat Files
1. Click EMX > Administrator Tools > Component Editor to open the Component Editor dialog box.
2. On the bottom right of the dialog box, in the New name box, enter a new name for the new component *.dat file,
3. In the box to the left of New name, select a component type.
4. Click Copy *.dat file from an existing one. A generic Component dialog box opens. The content is populated from the archive folder. This folder contains a list of *.dat file templates that you can use for copying *.dat files.
5. Select the *.dat file to use for copying and click OK. A new *.dat file and the associated image and detail images are copied into the current working directory
6. In the Component Editor dialog box, you can modify the new *.dat file.
7. Click Close to close the dialog box.