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
Hotkey Shortcut Information
This table lists and describes the different hotkey functions available in TPDesign3.
Hotkeys and their Descriptions
Hotkey Description
F1 Gives you access to the On-Line Help.
F2 Toggles the Main Toolbar On/Off.
F3 Toggles the Button Borders Toolbar On/Off.
F4 Toggles the Button Types Toolbar On/Off.
F5 N/A
F6 Toggles the Fonts Toolbar On/Off.
F7 Activates the Button Colors Scheme dialog box - this
dialog box changes the button properties for the
active project ONLY.
F8 Activates the Power Assign dialog box.
F9 Activates the Paste Controls dialog box.
F10 N/A
F11 Toggles between a selected button’s On/Off states.
F12 Centers selected buttons on the visible panel page.