Copying/Pasting Entire System Pages Into A Project; Copying/Pasting System Page Elements Into A Project Page - AMX TPDESIGN4 V2.5 Instruction Manual

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Keep in mind that if the System Page Template was opened as part of the Workspace, the Reload
last workspace option (in the Application tab of the Preferences dialog) will cause the application
to attempt to open the (protected) System Page Template as part of the last opened workspace. In
this case you will be presented with the Enter Access Password dialog. Since there is not a
password to unlock the file, the only option is to open the System Page Template as a Read-Only
file.

Copying/Pasting Entire System Pages into a Project

You can add System Pages to your project by copying and pasting. System Pages and the buttons
they contain will remain fully functional when they are copied into your project, since they always
retain their function codes. Once the System Page is pasted into your project, you can edit function
codes (and all other page and button parameters), if necessary.
To copy an entire System Page out of the System Page Template folder and paste it into a project:
Select File > System Page Template to open the System Page Template folder as a separate project
folder in the Workspace Navigator window (Pages tab).
Note that each System Template page has a descriptive name that begins with two
underscores (i.e. "__RGB setup"). The double-underscore prefix indicates that the
System Pages are intentionally locked. To avoid potential conflicts with the System
Page Template, TPDesign4 will not allow you to save any Page using the double-
underscore prefix.
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1. Select the System Page (or pages) that you want to copy (in the Pages tab of the Workspace
Navigator).
2. Select Edit > Copy. Note that you cannot cut a System Page out of the System Page Template.
3. Select the target project and select Edit > Paste. Note that once the System Page is pasted into
the project, the System Page name automatically changes from a double- to a single-
underscore prefix (i.e. "_RGBsetup"). This indicates that the page will be treated like a
"normal" project page from this point on. Double-click the copied System Page to open it in a
Design View window, and edit the page and contained buttons like you would any other page
in the project.

Copying/Pasting System Page Elements into a Project page

In some cases, you may have a need for a particular element or set of elements in one of the System
Page Templates in your project. In addition to copying/pasting entire System Page Template pages
into your project, TPDesign4 allows you to copy/paste specific items from a System Page into an
existing page in your project. For example, while you may not necessarily want to include the entire
RGBsetup System Page as a page in your project, you may want to use just the Red, Green and
Blue Level bargraphs into a page. In this case, you would simply select and copy that set of
bargraph buttons from the RGBsetup System Page and paste them right into an existing page in
your project.
System Page buttons will remain fully functional when they are copied into your project, since they
always retain their function codes. Once the System Page button(s) are pasted into your project, you
can edit the associated function codes (and all other button parameters), if necessary.
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