ALPHA Remote Control Programming Manual
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Graphics
Example 14 — Using multi-line graphics
The graphics you create will normally use all the lines of a display.
For example, a graphic created in a 2-line sign will typically use 2 lines, a
graphic created in a 3-line sign will typically use 3 lines, etc.
Multi-line graphics are easy to create and use. After you create a
graphic, simply place it in a text message in which the cursor is set to the
fill position (see “Appendix B — Understanding the cursor and line
positions” on page 59).
Combining text with a graphic is a little more complicated because
you have to make the graphic small using a special technique shown in
this example:
Step
When you do this...
You see this...
In this example, we’ll use a 2-line graphic and use it with a text message:
1
Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign.
(See “Clearing a sign’s memory” on page 5 or “Example 5 — Deleting messages” on page 21.)
2
Press
PROGRAM
.
3
Press
BACK
.
4
Press
ADV
.
This small graphic is used twice in this example.
PROGRAM
TEXT FILE A
PROGRAM
DOTS FILE A
The name of your DOTS graphics will be
A
.
The blinking DOTS cursor keeps track of where
you’re drawing.
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