Working With Buttons
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
Multi-State General Buttons
Multi-State General buttons are basic multi-state buttons that can be used for most touch panel functions, and
that support up to 256 states. Use multi-state buttons when you want to utilize animation effects (FIG. 198).
Creating Multi-State General Buttons
1.
Open the Page or Popup page that the button will be added to (double-click on the page in the Workspace
window (Pages tab) to open the page and bring it into edit focus).
2. Use the Button Draw tool to create a new button in the active Design View window.
See the Drawing a Button on page 123 for details.
3. In the General tab of the Properties window, select Multi-State General as the Type property
(FIG. 199 on page 142).
This selection updates the Properties window, Design View window and State Manager window to
represent the properties specific to this button type.
4. Edit the button's General, Programming and States properties as necessary (in the Properties window).
See the Setting Button Properties: Multi-State General Buttons section on page 142 for details.
5. Select File > Save to save your changes.
Setting Button Properties: Multi-State General Buttons
Once you have created a Multi-State General button, you can use the General, Programming and States tabs of
the Properties window to set/edit button properties for the selected button. The following button properties are
supported for Multi-State General buttons:
FIG. 198 Example - Multi-State General button
FIG. 199 Properties window (General tab) - Type Property (Multi-State General)
Button Properties - Multi-State General Buttons
General Properties Programming Properties State Properties
• Type - page 251 • Feedback - page 255 • Draw Order - page 286
• Name - page 246 • Address Port - page 254 • Border Name - page 285
• Lock Button Name -page 246 • Address Code - page 254 • Chameleon Image - page 285
• Description - page 241 • Channel Port - page 254 • Border Color - page 285
• Left - page 243 • Channel Code - page 254 • Fill Color - page 286
• Top - page 250 • Level Control Type - page 256 • Text Color - page 289
• Width - page 251 • String Output Port - page 257 • Text Effect Color - page 290
• Height - page 242 • String Output - page 257 • Overall Opacity - page 287
• Above Popups - page 238 • Command Port - page 255 • Video Fill - page 291
• Touch Style - page 251 • Command Output - page 255 • Video Cropping - page 290
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