AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual page 5

Copying States to the Clipboard ............................................................................................ 34
Pasting States from the Clipboard ......................................................................................... 34
Cutting Objects....................................................................................................................... 35
Replacing States On a Page, Popup Page or Button...................................................... 35
Replacing States From the Clipboard .................................................................................... 35
Replacing States Through Drag-and-Drop............................................................................. 35
Saving the Active Project as a Different Panel Type....................................................... 36
Working With Multiple Projects........................................................................................ 36
Opening Multiple Projects Simultaneously............................................................................. 36
Copying/Pasting Across Projects ........................................................................................... 37
Copying/Pasting Pages, Popup Pages and Buttons Across Projects .................................... 37
Using the Grab and Paint Properties Tools..................................................................... 37
Property Painter dialog........................................................................................................... 38
Working With the System Page Template....................................................................... 39
Copying/Pasting Entire System Pages into a Project ............................................................ 40
Copying/Pasting System Page Elements into a Project page................................................ 40
Working with System Page Keyboards and Keypads ............................................................ 41
System Page Template Reference ........................................................................................ 42
Working With the Resource Manager ...................................................................45
Resource Manager dialog - Images tab .......................................................................... 46
Resource Manager dialog - Dynamic Images tab ........................................................... 46
Resource Manager dialog - Slots tab .............................................................................. 46
Resource Manager dialog - Sounds tab.......................................................................... 47
Editing Image and Sound Files Using External Programs .............................................. 48
To edit image files: ................................................................................................................. 48
To edit sound files: ................................................................................................................. 48
Adding an External Editing Program for Image Files ............................................................. 49
Adding an External Editing Program for Sound Files............................................................. 49
Changing the Default External Image or Sound Editor Program ........................................... 49
Working With Images ...................................................................................................... 50
Supported Image File Types .................................................................................................. 50
Importing Image Files To Your Project................................................................................... 50
Assigning Images to Slot Positions ........................................................................................ 51
Working With Dynamic Images ....................................................................................... 52
Adding Dynamic Image Files To Your Project ....................................................................... 52
Assigning Dynamic Images to Slot Positions ......................................................................... 52
Preserve Dynamic Images (Refresh only at Panel Startup)................................................... 52
Working With Dynamo Video .......................................................................................... 53
Setting Up a DynaMo Video Image........................................................................................ 53
TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program
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