Working With the Resource Manager
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TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
Assigning Image and Sound Files to Slot Positions
To assign image files, dynamic images or sound files to slot positions for use in the program:
1. Select Panel > Resource Manager (or click the toolbar button) to open the Resource Manager
dialog.
2. Open the Images, Dynamic Images or Sounds tab, depending on the type of file you are adding.
3. Select one or more files (Ctrl + click to select multiple files individually, or Shift + click to select a
range of files).
4. Click Assign To Slot. This open the Slots tab.
5. If there are no dynamic images already assigned to slots (the Slots tab is empty), click Assign (in
the Slots tab) to assign the file to slot 1. If you selected multiple dynamic image files, they will be
assigned in the order in which they were selected.
6. If there are already some slot assignments present (in the Slots tab), you'll have to more careful
about how you choose to assign the files. Use the Overwrite and Insert radio buttons to select a
preference for assigning files to slot(s) with previous file assignments.
Select Overwrite to automatically overwrite any pre-existing file assignments in the affected
slots.
Select Insert to insert the files without overwriting anything. In this case, the other slot
assignments are shifted to accommodate the new assignments.
If you are assigning a single file to a slot with a pre-existing file assignment, click to
select the slot to which you want to apply the image file and click Assign (in the Slots
tab).
If you are assigning multiple files to multiple slots, click the slot where you want to begin
pasting the set of images. The files will be pasted consecutively, in the order in which
they were selected. When pasting multiple image files to the Slots tab, you must select
the same number of slots as the number of images copied. For example, if you selected
ten files to assign to slots, select ten slots before assigning the files. If you select just one
slot, only the first file selected will be assigned. If you select five slots, the first five files
copied will be assigned.
State Draw Order (Z-Order)
State Draw Order (or "Z-Order") refers to the order in which the various visual elements of a Page,
Popup Page or Button are drawn on the screen.
The element at the bottom of the Z-order is overlapped by all other elements. The bottom of the Z-order
is like the bottom layer in a multi-layer drawing.
By default, the draw order is 1) fill, 2) bitmap,3) icon, 4) text, 5) border.
You can change the draw order via the options in the State Draw Order dialog. Use the State Draw Order
dialog to specify the order in which the elements of a button, page or popup page are drawn.
To change the draw order (for the selected states):
1. Select a button, page or popup page.
2. In the States tab of the Properties Control window, click the Browse button (...) next to Draw Order
to access the State Draw Order dialog.
3. Select an element in the list, and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to move the element up
or down in the list.
4. Repeat with the other elements in the list to rearrange the order as desired.
5. Click OK to close the dialog.
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