Resource Manager
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TPDesign4 (v3.2 or higher)
Slots: This tab allows you to manage slot assignments for images and icons. See Resource Manager
dialog - Slots tab on page 65.
Sounds: This tab provides a convenient way to import and preview all sound files (.WAV or .MP3)
to be used in your project. See Resource Manager dialog - Sounds tab on page 66.
Resource Manager Toolbar
The Resource Manager contains its own toolbar above the tabs (FIG. 58):
Depending on what you are doing with the listed Image, Dynamic Image or Sound files, one or more of the
following options will be available:
FIG. 58 Resource Manager dialog toolbar
Resource Manager Toolbar Options
Cut/Copy/Paste: Use these controls primarily to move images files to and from the Slots tab.
They work in the typical way, and support selected multiple files.
Note that if you copy or cut multiple files to clipboard memory, you must select
at least the same number of slots (in the Slots tab) in order to paste all of the
files. If you only select one slot, when you paste the multiple images, you'll only
see the first one that you selected.
Note: You can also cut/copy/paste within any of the tabs.
Delete: Select one or more files and click Delete to delete them from the collection.
The files are not deleted from the hard drive, just from this project.
If any of the files selected for deletion are used by the active project, the
Resource(s) In Use dialog is displayed, with a listing of all files targeted for
deletion, as well as the Page(s) on which each file is used.
By default, the Resource(s) In Use dialog is set to display any time a used
resource is deleted. However, you can toggle the display of this dialog either by
selecting the Don’t show me again checkbox in the dialog, or by selecting
When deleting resources in use in the Application tab of the Preference
dialog.
Rename: Select an image file and click Rename to open the Rename dialog, containing
two fields: Old Name (read-only, displays the current file name), and New
Name (enter the new file name in this field). Click OK to rename the file.
Undo/Redo: All actions in the Resource Manager can be undone and/or redone.
Import: Click to invoke the Open dialog. Use this dialog to locate and select image and
sound files to import into this tab.
Note: When images of any (supported) file type except PNG are imported into
a project, the files are automatically converted to JPGs. For this reason, if you
import (or paste) a file that has the same name as a previously imported file
(even if it has a different extension), TPD4 automatically adds the "copy of"
prefix to the file. PNGs are not converted because they are already sufficiently
compressed.
New: This option is available only on the Dynamic Images tab (and replaces the
Import button that is on the other tabs).
Click to open the Create Dynamic Image dialog, which allows you to add
dynamic images to your project.
Export: Use this option to export one or more files to a specified directory. Use the
Choose Directory dialog to pick the target directory.
List Style: Click the down-arrow to open a drop-down list of the available display options
for this tab:
• Small Icons - lists the files in columns, with small file icons.
• List - lists the files in a single column, with small file icons.
• Details - lists the files with file size and image dimension descriptions.
• Thumbnails - displays a thumbnail image of each file.
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