Getting Started

Before starting a new TPDesign5 project, you should have a clear idea of how your touch panel needs to function and how it should look. This includes identifying all image and sound files that will be used in the project, as well as a clear understanding of the control system to which the target touch panel will connect. A basic outline of a typical workflow for creating a new project in TPDesign5 would be:

1. Create a new TPD5 project with the New Project Wizard:

   • Setting Project Properties - see

     page 23

2. Import all image and sound files into the Resource Manager to make them available to this project:

   • Importing Image Files Into the Project - see page 32
   • Adding Dynamic Images to the Project - see page 38
   • Importing Sound Files Into the Project - see page 43
3. Create additional Pages if necessary (depending on your design), and set the properties for each:
   • Adding Pages to the Project - see page 33
   • Setting Page Properties - see page 34
4. Create Popup Pages as necessary, and set the properties for each:
   • Adding Popup Pages to the Project - see page 38
   • Setting Popup Page Properties - see page 40
   • Creating Popup Page Groups - see page 42
5. Create Sub-Pages as necessary, and set the properties for each. To use Sub-Pages, it necessary to create Sub-Page View Buttons and Scrolling Regions:
   • Adding Sub-Pages to the Project - see page 46
   • Setting Sub-Page Properties - see page 48
   • Creating Sub-Page Sets - see page 49
   • Sub-Page View Buttons - see page 52
   • Assigning a Sub-Page Set to the Sub-Page View Button - see page 53
   • Creating a Scrolling Region - Overview - see page 53
6. Add Application windows as necessary:
   • Adding Applications - see page 60
   • Setting Application windows Properties - see page 61
   • Editing Application Parameters - see page 62
7. Draw Buttons on Pages Popup Pages and Sub-Pages, and set Button properties for each to specify button type and functionality as well as button text and other visual properties:
   • Creating New Buttons - see page 87
   • Setting Button Properties - see page 87
   • Text Effects - see page 90
   • Animation Effects - see page 90
8. Assign Bitmaps, Sounds, Borders, Fills, Text and Video Fills to the TP5 Elements in your project:
   • Assigning Bitmaps to TPD5 Elements - see page 33
   • Assigning Sounds to Buttons - see page 43
   • Assigning Borders to TPD5 Elements - see page 103
   • Assigning Fills (Type and Color) to TPD5 Elements - see page 104
   • Assigning Text to TPD5 Elements - see page 104
   • Assigning Video Fills to TPD5 Elements - see page 106
9. Assign Events including Page Flips, Launch Actions (which open Applications on the panel), and Command or String Actions to Pages and Buttons:
   • Action Types - see page 271
   • Adding a Command (Action) to a Page or Button - see page 272
   • Adding a String (Action) to a Page or Button - see page 273

10. Assign Function Codes according your system design requirements. See

    Function Codes on page 276

    for details.

11. Transfer the TP5 project file to the NetLinx Master to which the G5 panel is connected. See

    File Transfer Operations on

    page 285

    for details.