Working With Templates
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
Working with System Page Keyboards and Keypads
One of the most helpful features of the System Page Template is the set of keyboard and keypad System Popup
Pages it contains. You can use these keyboards and keypads in your Project without having to build the keys or
assign the function codes. Simply copy/paste these popup pages into your Project, and they will be fully
functional, allowing text/numeric entries on the panel.
Like the other System Pages in the System Page Template, these popup pages and their contained buttons are
locked to editing, until they are pasted into a Project. Once you bring the keyboard/keypad popup pages into
your Project, the popup pages and all of their buttons can be edited just like any other popup pages and buttons
in your Project.
The System Popup Pages include:
Use the keyboard and keypad System Popup Pages anytime you need to add text/numeric entry functions to
your Project.
There are two ways to add a keyboard or keypad to your Project:
1. Copy and Paste the entire Keyboard or Keypad Popup Page into an existing project: Select the
appropriate System Template Popup Page in the Workspace Navigator (Pages tab), select Edit > Copy,
then select the target Project in the Workspace Navigator and select Edit > Paste. The pasted popup page
is automatically pasted to the Popup Pages folder for the target Project.
2. Copy and Paste only selected elements from a Keyboard or Keypad Popup Page into an existing
project: Open a Keyboard or Keypad Popup Page, and copy only the buttons/keys that you plan to use
into an existing page in a Project.
Either way, you won't have to do any additional work to make the keyboard/keypad work on the panel.
However, remember that once pasted into your Project, these popup pages and buttons are fully editable.
System Page Template Reference
The System Page Template is a set of pages, popup pages and buttons that are pre-defined with functions that
allow you to view/edit various panel and system parameters. When you open the System Page Template, TPD4
automatically selects the template that matches the panel and resolution specified for the active project.
Select File > Open System Page Template to open the system page template. You will see the System Page
Template open in the Workspace Navigator as a separate project folder, containing the following pages.
System Popup Pages
keyboard: This is a full 63-key keyboard, including Caps Lock, Shift, and International functionality.
This is generally used as the primary standard keyboard, for text/numeral entries made
on the panel.
keyboardPrivate: This is a more secure version of the keyboard popup page, where only asterisks are
displayed when you type.
keypad: This is standard 10-key numeric keypad (also includes Backspace, Clear, Abort and
Done buttons).
keypadExtend: Similar to the keypad popup page, but with several additional symbols (-, /, ., :, ').
keypadPrivate: This is a more secure version of the keypad popup page, where only asterisks are
displayed when you type.
keypadTele: Similar to the keypadExtend popup page, but includes asterisk and pound symbols
additional symbols, for use with telephone connections.
Warning Message: This is the Battery Base warning message.
System Page Template Reference
Battery: The Battery Base page allows you to configure various battery and power related
options.
Calibrate: The elements on this page allow you to reset the vertical and horizontal touch
points on the LCD.
Calibrate Test: The elements on this page allow you to confirm that the calibration was done prop-
erly.
Panel: Use the elements in this page to store information specific to the target panel for
this Project.
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