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Item
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Description |
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Pictures |
Lists the pictures and picture groups of the project.
You can select a picture or a picture group as the
current selection. You can also make multiple
selections. View Shows the current selection. If the
selection is a picture group, the first picture of the
group will be shown. |
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Add Group |
Adds one picture group to the picture database. |
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Add Item |
Imports a picture from a picture file and adds the
picture to the current picture group. |
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Add From... |
Imports pictures from a picture database (PDB) file and
adds those pictures to the current picture group. |
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Move Up |
Moves the selection down in the list. |
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Move Down |
Moves the selection up in the list. |
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Delete |
Delete the selection. |
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View |
Shows the selected picture and its properties such as
file type, width x height in pixels and bit depth. |
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Color Conversion |
Select Dithering or Nearest Color as the color
conversion method.
If the color resolution of a picture is not
compatible with the target panel, the application
compiler will use the specified method to convert the
picture data so it can be displayed without too much
color distortion at runtime. |
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Support Pressed Look |
Available when the selection is a picture group. Check this item so the current picture group supports the pressed look. When a picture group supports the pressed
look, it needs two pictures for each state; one picture
is for the normal (released) look and another picture is
for the pressed look. |
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Transparent |
Check this item to enable the transparent feature of the
selection; if the selection is a picture, the picture
will be transparent for the specified transparent color;
if the selection is a picture group, all the pictures of
the picture group will be transparent for the specified
transparent color. Note that this feature is effective
only when a picture or a picture group is shown as the
picture shape for an object.
It is a common practice to make a picture
transparent for a certain color so the picture can be
shown as a non-rectangle shape. The following are some
examples: |
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Original Picture |
Transparent Color |
Picture Shown |
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Transparent Color |
Available when the Transparent item is checked. Select a
color for the transparent color. |
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Rename |
Click this button to rename the current picture or the
current picture group. |
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Rotate/Flip |
Rotates or flips the current picture and saves it as
another picture in the picture database.
You can select one of the following 7 methods in
the above dialog box for
the Rotate/Flip operation. |
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Method |
Description |
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Rotate
90° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degrees. |
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Rotate
180° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 180 degrees. |
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Rotate
270° |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 270 degrees. |
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Flip
X |
Flips the picture over the X axis. |
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Rotate
90° & Flip X |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degrees and flips it
over the X Axis. |
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Flip
Y |
Flips the picture over the Y axis. |
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Rotate
90° & Flip Y |
Rotates the picture clockwise by 90 degrees and flips it
over the Y Axis. |
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OK |
Closes the dialog box and accepts all changes to the
picture database. |
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Cancel |
Closes the dialog box and discards all changes to the
picture database. |
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Import (with Preview...) |
Previews every picture you select to import before
importing a picture file. |
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Import... |
Imports a picture from a picture file. The types of
importable picture files include: BMP, JPG, GIF, WMF,
SVG and
PNG. |
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Import From... |
Imports pictures from a picture database (PDB) file. |
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Export... |
Exports the current picture to a picture file. |
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Export To... |
Exports the current selection to a picture database
(PDB) file. |
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Click it to open the help document for more details
about the dialog and how to use it. |
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Click it to close the dialog box and discard all
changes. |