Working With Project (*.TP4) Files
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
Images, slots and sounds: Click these options to select which collateral information (Image
references, Slot references, and Sound references) will be retained when the button is pasted from
clipboard memory. By default, all collateral information is pasted with the button.
You can also select whether to overwrite image names, occupied slots and utilized sounds, in case
you are pasting over existing buttons that have their own image/slot/sound associations. By default,
all "overwrite" options are disabled.
See Also:
Copying/Pasting Pages - page 103
Copying/Pasting Popup Pages - page 117
Copying/Pasting Buttons - page 134
Copying/Pasting States - page 295
Copying/Pasting Across Projects - page 55
Quick Input
Select Quick Input from the Edit menu or Design View context menu to access the Quick Input sub-menu
(FIG. 44).
The Quick Input setting determines how typing directly into a Design View or into the State Manager will be
handled:
Current Property - This setting redirects keyboard input to the currently selected property on the
currently visible tab of the Properties Window (assuming one is selected).
For example, if you select the Name property (in the General tab of the Properties window), any
time you select a button in the Design View, you can just type and press the Enter key to enter a
new button name for the selected button. The result of the keystroke will depend on the property
selected.
Text - This setting redirects keyboard input to the button Text property for all selected button states
(in the States tab of the Properties window).
For example, if you select several states on a Multi-State button (in the State Manager window),
you can type and press the Enter key to enter new button text for the selected states. If no states are
selected, the text will be applied to all states of the button selected in the Design View.
Disabled - Disables the Quick Input option.
Undo/Redo
TPD4 supports full Undo / Redo functionality at the panel level. This means that each panel file that is open in
the program maintains a separate undo/redo stack and manages this for the user. You may either click the Undo
or Redo toolbar icons, or click Edit > Undo or Edit > Redo.
Click the down-arrows to view a history list that lists up to 25 of the most recent actions (FIG. 45).
Click to select one or more actions to be undone/redone.
The commands alter their text dynamically to indicate which action is next in the undo/redo list. Selecting
either option will immediately undo/redo the last action. These actions are independent of any file saves,
therefore you may undo past a save if you so desire.
FIG. 44 Quick Input sub-menu
FIG. 45 Undo List
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