100/180 mm PAPERLESS GRAPHIC RECORDER: USER GUIDE
HA028910
Issue 13 Sep 16
User Guide
Page 255
7.1.2 IMPORTING/EXPORTING SCREENS (Cont.)
IMPORTING SCREENS
Touching the fi lename area, allows a previously created user screen to be selected either from the Flash
memory or from disk to be imported. The User Screen picklist allows the user to defi ne which User
screen is to be ‘replaced’ by the imported fi le.
EXPORTING SCREENS
Allows user screens to be exported to Flash memory, or disk, The operator can assign a suitable fi le-
name before exporting.
7.2 DISPLAY CREATION
The following description is an attempt to show how to create a simple screen layout. The technique
used is to defi ne an object, then to specify its size, and where its top left corner is to be located on the
screen.
The option offers two levels of sophistication - basic and advanced. The basic system defi nes size, posi-
tion, fi ll colour etc. for components (
section 7.3.1
). Advanced parameters allow a more sophisticated fi ne-
tuning of the appearance of the components
Note: X is horizontal, increasing rightwards. Y is vertical, increasing downwards. (Top left corner is
0,0)
As implied in fi gure 7.2.3a, screen component position and dimensions can be specifi ed as percentage,
absolute pixels or relative pixels. Percentage is ‘percentage of screen size’. Absolute pixels allow posi-
tion and/or dimensions to be defi ned as an absolute number of pixels. Relative pixels are the same as
absolute pixels, except that if the display is rescaled on, say, a pc screen, the absolute pixel object will
remain unchanged, whereas the relative pixel object will scale appropriately. Similarly, for transfer from
an XGA screen recorder to a 1/4VGA recorder or vice-versa.
7.2.1 Before starting
Before starting to lay the screen out:
1. The user must have ‘full confi guration’ access permission.
2. One or more user screens must be enabled in Views Confi guration (
section 7.1.1
)
3. A layout plan is produced, with all the required screen’s components listed with their top left corner
co-ordinates, their widths and heights, and where appropriate background and foreground colours.
