Specifications

Interactivity

AMX InspiredSignage XPress Programming Guide

Creating a touch screen menu

Now, let’s begin with creating a basic touch screen menu. The menu will not have too many features: upon

pushing a button on the touch screen, the final project will start the display of media. That media can be an

item on part of the screen, a video on the full screen, or another menu. You will create the buttons using the

menu_buttons.svg file, select the media using menu_media.svg, and test the result in XPress, using the

Interactivity mode.

Creating buttons

To start, create a new folder in the My Projects tab, called Touch Screen. The only file in this folder will be

index.svg. To create buttons in this project:

1. Double-click on index.svg to open it in the Workspace.

2. Click Save, and choose a location for the files to reside.

3. Open the Interactivity folder in My Templates and drag the file menu_buttons.svg onto the Workspace. A

button will appear in the Workspace, and a menu_buttons.svg entry appears in the Buttons tab of the Edit

Mode Workspace (FIG. 64).

The names of the files in the Interactivity folder may be changed and the file will still

function normally in XPress. However, make sure either to use intuitive names for

each file, or document the name changes and keep the information in a safe place. If

the names of SVG files are changed, it can be difficult to ascertain their function later.

FIG. 64 Buttons appearing in Workspace