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
Button Types Toolbar
You can use the Button Types toolbar buttons to assign a particular function to a selected button
(the availability of these features are dependant on the type of panel project selected). The Button
Types toolbar is not selectable from the drop-down menus. It is movable and can be placed in either
a vertical or horizontal position.
The Button Types toolbar buttons are lists and described in Figure 5. Select Button Types from the
Tools menu to toggle the main toolbar buttons On or Off in the Workspace.
Button Borders Toolbar Buttons (Cont.)
Double Shadow Changes the selected button border to double shadow.
Single Diamond Changes the selected button border to single diamond.
Double Diamond Changes the selected button border to a double diamond.
3D Single
Rectangle
Changes the selected button border to a 3-dimensional rectangle.
3D Double
Rectangle
Changes the selected button border to a 3-dimensional double rectangle.
3D Single Round Changes the selected button border to a 3-dimensional single round rectangle.
3D Double Round Changes the selected button border to a 3-dimensional double border with
rounded corners.
Neon 1 Changes the selected button border to single Neon.
Neon 2 Changes the selected button border to double neon.
Blue Neon Changes the selected button border to a blue neon border.
Green Neon Changes the selected button border to a green neon border.
Button Types Toolbar Buttons
Button Names Operation
General Changes an active button into a general button. Sets the button to automatically
send a message to the Central Controller via the AXlink connector, or through
wireless communication (Wave Server).
Joystick Changes an active button into a joystick button. Sets the button to a joystick that
includes a control stick. When you move the control stick, the touch panel sends
data to the Central Controller and to the external device to perform a pre-pro-
grammed operation.