Overview

In TPD5, Events are used to define the behavior of Pages and (General and Multi-State General) Buttons.

• For Pages, Events can be triggered by Show/Hide Page or by any Gesture.
• For General and Multi-State General Buttons, Events can be triggered by a Button Press/Release or by any Gesture.

• Refer to

  page 273

  for details on Gestures.

Each Event represents an Action List - an ordered list containing one or more event actions. Any of the supported event actions can be added to an action list in any order. Events are assigned to Pages and (General/Multi-State General) Buttons via the Edit Event Actions dialog (FIG. 369):

FIG. 369 Edit Event Actions dialog

Event actions include:

• Page Flips - Page Flips provide the ability to "flip" to a different page on the panel, based on either a button press or release, a gesture, or when a specific Page is either opened or closed. Page flip events replace the page-flip G4 button property in TPDesign4. See

  Page Flips on page 268

  for details.

• Launch Actions - Launch Actions provide the ability to open an Application window on the panel, based on either a button press or release, a gesture, or when a specific Page is either opened or closed. See

  Launch Actions on page 271

  for details.

• Actions - Actions provide the ability to trigger a NetLinx Command or send a String based on either a button press or release, a gesture, or when a specific Page is either opened or closed. See

  Actions on page 272

  for details.