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The TPDesign4 Work Area
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
State Manager Window
The State Manager is typically located along the bottom edge of the screen (although it is a dockable window
and you may move it anywhere you like) and is used to view/edit the various states of a selected button. Each
state of the selected button is displayed as a thumbnail image in this window. To display the State Manager
window, select View > State Manager (FIG. 24).
The State Manager interacts with the Properties window to allow the visual aspects of a page, popup page or
button to be set. Select a Page, Popup page or button to view the state or states associated with it. Double-click
on any thumbnail in the State Manager window to view/edit the properties for the selected state, in the
Properties window (States tab).
The State Manager window allows the viewing and modification of individual states, and supports full Cut,
Copy, Delete, Insert, Replace and Paste as well as drag and drop capabilities.
Right mouse click on any thumbnail to open the State Manager context menu, which includes options to Add
single or multiple states, Replace states, Insert single or multiple states and Remove states.
For Multi-General buttons, the different states (up to 256) are used to animate a button from Off to
On (Range Time Up in the States tab), and back again to Off (Range Time Down in the States
tab). When the button is turned on it will display all the assigned states from first to last with a
specified time interval between each state’s display. When the button is turned back off, the states
will be displayed in reverse order. The interstate time intervals are user definable in 1/10th second
increments. A zero entry will automatically advance / retreat to the ending / beginning state
without displaying any intervening states.
For Multi-Bargraph buttons, the level will directly reflect the displayed state. The user will be able
to set an allowable range within a bargraph that has states. Anything outside of that range will not
be represented by a state.
For buttons with multiple states, Send Commands can set the state number provided it is not a level
type button.
Note that because the thumbnails displayed in the State Manager window are scaled versions of the button
images, some visual distortion may occur. This is only a result of the scaling, and does not represent distortion
on the button itself.
State Manager Context Menu
Right mouse click on any thumbnail in the State Manager window to open the State Manager context menu,
which includes options to add single or multiple states, replace states, insert single or multiple states, and
remove states.
State Manager Context Menu
Right mouse click on any thumbnail in the State Manager window to open the State Manager context menu,
which includes options to add single or multiple states, replace states, insert single or multiple states, and
remove states.
Use Ctrl+click to select multiple individual button states.
Use Shift+click to select a range of states (between two selections).
Use Ctrl+A to select all button states.
The items in this context menu include:
FIG. 24 State Manager Window
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