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You can also access this dialog box by right-clicking in the Symbol Preview
window of the Icon Menu Wizard dialog box and selecting Add Icon ➤
Command.
TIP To determine which *.dat file is active, in the Project Properties dialog box,
Project Settings tab, Library and Icon Menu Paths section, expand the Schematic
Icon Menu File option. This is the schematic icon menu file listed in the *.wdp file.
Icon Details
Defines the icon name and image.
Displays an image preview of the specified image file.Preview
Specifies the name to appear in the icon, the description text and
the tool tip for the icon.
Name
Specifies the image file to use for the new icon. You can enter the
image file name (or complete path) or select it using one of the fol-
lowing methods:
Image file
■ Browse: Finds an existing image to use for the icon. You can
browse for .sld or .png images.
■ Pick: Selects an existing block name on the current drawing to
use as the image file name. For example, if you select block
HPB11, the image file name edit box displays “HPB11.”
■ Active: (This is unavailable if the drawing is a new drawing and
has not been saved) Selects the active drawing name to use as
the Image file. For example, if the active drawing name is
“demo005,” then the image file edit box has “demo005” listed
as the file name.
The browsed image is copied to the Images folder and saved as a
relative path in the .dat file. However, you can enclose the image
path in quotation marks if you do not want the image copied to the
Images folder and to save the complete path instead of the relative
path in the .dat file. The entered image file name can be names like
"PB1" or "CONTROL RELAY," file names with an extension such as
“pb1.png,” or it can follow the syntax {slide_library or dll file (slide
or .png)}. For example, "S2(pb)" or "S7(control_relay)."
NOTE The image file name cannot contain invalid characters such
as \ / : " ? < > | and only .png and .sld image files are supported.
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