Card Location

The Card Location feature is also available from a graphic.

1 - Use a right click on an area component to display the contextual menu.

2 - Select Locate and Move Selected Cards to access the feature.

Designing the Background for the Graphic Window

1 - Double-click anywhere in the background of the Assign components  window to bring up the Design background picture dialog.

2 - Use this window to import a graphic that was created with another application or create your own background using the drawing toolbar buttons.

○   To import an existing graphic, click the diskette button, then drag and drop the diskette in the work area. Once you have positioned the component, and released the mouse button, the Image properties dialog will pop up on the screen. The system displays the Open  window. Locate the graphic you want to import and click Open . The graphic will be placed in the graphic area of the dialog.

○   To import a custom button into the background graphic, click the Custom images  button in the toolbar. The Select an image window pops up on the screen. Select an button, then click OK  to close the window and import the image in your design.

○   To insert shapes and text in the background image, select a rectangle, a circle, an ellipse, etc. in the toolbar, and drag and drop it in your background.

○   To modify a shape you’ve just placed in the burgeoned window, right-click it to open the Properties dialog. and make the appropriate modifications (colour, position, etc.).

○   You can setup the system to display the Properties dialog as you drop the shape into the design window. To do so, select the Show properties on Drop  from the Options  menu.

○   To retrieve shapes that were previously saved to a disk, select the Load annotations option in the Image  menu. When you add shapes to a graphic, you have the option of saving them as annotation on a separate file in order to retrieve them later.

○   To save annotations on a separate file from your graphic, select the Save annotations  option in the Image menu. You will be able to retrieve them for later use.

○   To clear the shapes, select Clear annotation  in the Image  menu. If you save the graphic with the shapes, the shape become permanent.

○   Use the View menu to define how the graphic will be displayed.

NOTE: Sizing handles (square handles that are displayed along the sides of the object that surrounds the selected object) indicate the object is selected.

Assigning System Components to Graphic Icons

1 - From the Assign Components  window toolbar, click and drag the selected component to the desired position. To drag an object across a window, select the object with your mouse and drag, while keeping the button pressed down, to the desired location in the graphic.

2 - Once you have positioned the component, and released the mouse button, the Assign From dialog will pop up on the screen.

3 - Select the system component you want to assign to the button on the screen.

4 - Click OK  to go back to the previous window.

NOTE:  If you do not assign the button to a component, the button will not be saved in the graphic. Only components that were not selected in the graphic will be available for selection.

Printing System Components and Graphics

1 - From the Definition  tab, click the Graphic button and select a graphic from the drop-down list.

2 - Click on the Print button from the Graphic dialog toolbar.

○   Select the graphics to be printed using the checkboxes. You can also use the Select all or the Clear all buttons.

○   Select Print empty fields to include the titles of the fields even if they are empty.

○   Select Print component references to print the component reference numbers.

○   Use the Font  button to display the standard Windows Font dialog and modify the font attributes accordingly.

○   Click on the Preview button to display a general view of the printing layout.

3 - Click on Print to send the graphic to the printer.