Template Wide Conventions; Creating Navigation Elements - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

Info buttons are optional and only have to be included within an element if either the order the
popup pages is shown is important, if not all popup pages should be initially shown, or if an icon is
used on the corresponding Navigation or Sub-Navigation button. If the Info button is omitted,
popup pages are shown in alphabetical order.

Template Wide Conventions

Creating Navigation 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 Navigation Element.
A Navigation element consists of at least one popup (may contain multiple popups), and represents
the place where you make most navigation selections (i.e. a main menu page).
To create a basic Navigation element, create a new popup page (Panel > Add Popup Page), and
name it according to the naming convention required by G4 PanelBuilder for Navigation elements:
[nav#navName]pageName
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. 41) is for the
TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program
Hide all popups on the page for that element.
Perform the standard page flip to the page for that element.
Show any popups for the element.
Show any popups for the linked Sub-Feature, when applicable.
Show the Navigation element that linked to the Sub-Navigation element or chain.
For Sub-Navigations the user must set "Hide On Action" to No, then show the Sub-
Navigation element that linked to the element. Otherwise, the Sub-Navigation is not
shown.
Text Replacement - The string "[text]" is required on the button wherever text is to be
replaced in the output file. The string "[text]" allows you to prepend/postpend text with
characters. If the text on a button to be replaced does not contain '[text]" then it is
unchanged.
Panel Title - A template can contain as many buttons named "[panelTitle]" as necessary,
they are replaced with the "Job Name" of the panel.
Preview Images - A template must contain a main preview image and can also contain a
preview image for each element. The main preview image should be named
'[preview].jpg" (or .png). The element previews should follow the same naming
conventions as their page prefixes, i.e., "[device#DVD].jpg." There can only be one
preview image per element.
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.
Appendix B: G4 Panel Builder
177