AMX Modero NXD-1200VG, Operation/Reference Manual

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Working With Buttons
64 TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
Sizing - These options allow you to resize the selected buttons to make them match in width,
height or both. Note that the order in which the buttons are selected in the Design View
window controls how several of these options work.
Generated Button Names
When new buttons are created, by default the buttons are automatically given a sequential name
composed of the button number (relative to the number of buttons already created in the Project).
However, TPDesign4 goes further in automatically generating a descriptive name for the button, based
on the text and/or bitmap applied to the button:
If you apply text to the button, the button text is substituted for the button number. For
example if you create a new button (which is automatically named "Button 9"), then add the
text "Welcome", note that the button is automatically renamed to "Welcome". Note that this
name change occurs on the fly, and does not require a Save operation.
Text on a button always overrides the presence of a bitmap. If there is text associated with a
button, and you add a bitmap, the button name will not change. However, if the button has no
text, when you apply a bitmap to the button, the button is automatically renamed to reflect the
bitmap file name (i.e. "Background").
Additionally, if there is text associated with a button and you add an icon, the button name
will not change. However, if the button has no text, when you apply an icon to the button, the
button is automatically renamed to reflect the icon's name.
Note that if you change the text, the button is again renamed to reflect the updated text.
Furthermore, any time you change the bitmap or the text on the button, the button name is
automatically updated with either the latest text or bitmap assignment.
This is where the Lock Button Name option (in the General tab of the Properties Control Window)
comes into play.
By default, the Lock Button Name option is set to Off . At any point in the design process, click Lock
Button Name and select Yes to prevent the button from being automatically renamed by the program
when you edit the text or bitmap assignment(s). However, Lock Button Name does not prevent you from
manually renaming the button, via the Name field.
• Make Same Width: Resizes all selected buttons to match the width of the button that was
selected first.
• Change: specify a number of pixels to add or subtract from the selections width
(positive values add pixels, negative values subtract). Specify whether
to adjust the sizing values absolutely or incrementally.
• Make Same Height: Resizes all selected buttons to match the height of the button that was
selected first.
• Change: specify a number of pixels to add or subtract from the selections height
(positive values add pixels, negative values subtract). Specify whether
to adjust the sizing values absolutely or incrementally.