Instruction manual
Table Of Contents
- TPDesign3 Touch Panel Design Program (Version 3.16)
- Product Information
- Window and Toolbar Reference
- Designing Panel Pages
- Defining your Preferences
- Creating a New Project
- Setting Panel Properties
- Importing Bitmaps
- Importing Icons
- Creating/Editing an Icon
- Managing Fonts
- Creating a New Page
- Setting Page Properties
- Creating a Button
- Assigning Button Color Properties
- Selecting a Button Color
- Changing Button Borders
- Adding Button Text
- Adding a button type
- Selecting an Icon
- Selecting a Picture
- Changing Button Size
- Locking the Position of a Button
- Copying and Pasting Buttons
- Setting General Button Properties
- Setting Joystick Button Properties
- Setting Bargraph/Slider Control Button Properties
- Setting Brightness Button Properties
- Setting Date Button Properties
- Setting Time Button Properties
- Setting Keyboard Button Properties
- Setting Keypad Button Properties
- Setting Panel Setup Button Properties
- Setting Sensors Setup Button Properties on CP4 panels
- Setting Video Setup Button Properties
- Setting VGA Video Setup Button Properties
- Setting Video Window Button Properties
- Setting Video Joystick Button Properties
- Defining External Buttons
- Verifying Channel Assignments
- Creating a Popup Page
- Managing a Popup Page
- Run Simulation
- Downloading a Project to a Touch Panel
- Uploading a Project from a Touch Panel
- HTML Conversion and Server Download
Window and Toolbar Reference
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TPDesign3 Touch Panel Program
Main Toolbar
You can use the Main toolbar buttons to perform a wide variety of button operations. The Main
toolbar is not selectable from the drop-down menus and always appears on the Workspace. It is
movable and can be placed in either a vertical or horizontal position.
The Main toolbar buttons are lists and described in the following table. Select Main Toolbar from
the Tools menu to toggle the main toolbar buttons On or Off in the main window.
Standard Toolbar Buttons (Cont.)
Delete Page Deletes a touch panel page from the project file currently being developed.
Add Popup Page Adds a popup page to the project file currently being developed.
Delete Popup Page Deletes a popup page from the project file currently being developed,
Manage Popup
Page
Displays, selects, and edits popup pages created within the currently displayed
project file.
Download To Panel Downloads the current project file to the connected touch panel from a PC.
Upload From Panel Uploads a project file from the connected touch panel.
Main Toolbar Buttons
Selection Tool Selects buttons.
Button Draw Tool Draws a button on the active page.
Text Tool Adds or deletes text to a button on the active page.
Snap To Grid Assigns a group of selected buttons to snap to the nearest grid intersection. The
distance between intersection points is a pixel unit defined in the Edit > Prefer-
ences > Application tab.
On State Click this button to view the On State condition of a selected button. If multiple but-
tons are selected, the On State reflects the condition of the first button.
Lock Button Locks a selected button into a fixed position on the panel page.
Icon Manager Opens the Icon Manager dialog box.
Bitmap Manager Opens the Bitmap Manager dialog box.