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Card Location
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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
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.
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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
window.
Locate the graphic you want to import and click
.
The graphic will be placed in the graphic area of the dialog.
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To
import a custom button into the background graphic, click the
button
in the toolbar. The Select an image window pops up on the screen. Select
an button, then click
to
close the window and import the image in your design.
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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.
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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.).
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You
can setup the system to display the Properties dialog as you drop the
shape into the design window. To do so, select the
from
the
menu.
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To
retrieve shapes that were previously saved to a disk, select the
option
in the
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.
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To
save annotations on a separate file from your graphic, select the
option
in the
menu. You will be able to retrieve them for later use.
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To
clear the shapes, select
in
the
menu.
If you save the graphic with the shapes, the shape become permanent.
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Use
the
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
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
button and select a graphic from the drop-down list.
2 -
Click
on the
Print
button
from the
Graphic
dialog
toolbar.
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Select
the graphics to be printed using the checkboxes. You can also use the
Select
all
or
the
Clear
all
buttons.
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Select
Print
empty fields
to include the titles of the fields even if they are empty.
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Select
Print
component references
to print the component reference numbers.
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Use
the
Font
button
to display the standard Windows Font dialog and modify the font attributes
accordingly.
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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.