Creating Placeholder Elements - AMX MIO-R4 Operation/Reference Manual

Example implementation of Navigation popup, as seen in the "graphiclySound-Orange" template
(available from AMX). Note that the template includes several variations on the same Navigation theme,
offering different numbers of buttons. The example shown below (FIG. 80) is for the Navigation popup
named "[nav#3 Selections]Navigation 3", which as the name implies, contains three buttons.:
FIG. 80 Example (General) properties for a Navigation popup
The example Navigation popups in the Workspace Window represent the variations on the Navigation
theme for different numbers of buttons (FIG. 81).
FIG. 81 Navigation popups in the Workspace Window

Creating Placeholder Elements

In order for a TP4 file to be successfully exported as a G4 PanelBuilder Template file (*.TPT), the TP4
project file must contain at least one Placeholder Element.
A Placeholder element is basically a blank device/feature element that allows you add items to the
project in G4PanelBuilder that are not included in the template.
Placeholder elements consist of one page, and may contain multiple popups. Only one Placeholder
element can be displayed at a time
To create a basic Placeholder element, create a new Page (Panel > Add Page), and name it according to
the naming convention required by G4 PanelBuilder for Placeholder elements:
[placeholder#placeholderName]pageName
TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
navName - The name of the Navigation as it will appear in G4 PanelBuilder.
pageName - The base page name that will be used in the generated TP4 project.
The "[nav#3 Selections]Navigation 3" popup as it appears in the Workspace:
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