TPDesign5™ Readme File
Version 1.2.0.66
February 2015
Copyright © 2015 AMX LLC. All rights reserved.
This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements
the TPDesign5 documentation. TPDesign5 is a Windows
application for creating and modifying G5 touch panel projects.
Software and Hardware
Requirements
Documents included
with this release
Known issues
Releases
Copyright and Trademarks
To install TPDesign5, you must have the following software installed
on your computer:
- Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8 (32- or 64-bit)
- Operating System Languages: English, Spanish, French, German
Minimum hardware requirements
- 60 MB of free disk space (minimum requirement); 80 MB recommended
- Minimum (VGA) screen resolution of 800x600
- Windows-compatible mouse (or other pointing device)
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The following documents are provided with TPDesign5™:
A separate utility application, G4Utility™, has been provided to convert G4 panel
projects to the new G5 format. This utility can be accessed via the Tools menu.
- G4 Projects will be limited to Modero X and S series panel-types
- Button page-flips will be migrated to the Release event on the button
- String outputs will be migrated to the Release event on the button
- Command outputs will be migrated to the Release event on the button
- Any utilized slots on states will be converted to a second bitmap
- Unsupported button-types (TakeNote, Computer Control, Joystick, List-Box) will be removed
- Unsupported borders will be removed
- Text Effects: Outline effects are not supported in G5
- Text Effects: All Drop Shadow w/ Outline effects will be converted to their standard counterparts
Because of implementation differences between the G5 project format and G4 project format, users
will likely notice a significant variation in size between their TP4 and TP5 projects.
This is mainly a result of compression algorithms no longer being utilized within G5 projects due to project-format changes.
There should be abundant disk space on Modero-X G5 panels to contain the panel project, but users should be aware that their TP5
projects will be significantly larger on disk than their G4 projects were.
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TPDesign5 will check for projects which may be using an older version of AMX Bold
(amxbold.ttf) and replace it with the updated version (amxbold_.ttf).
The descrepancy between the two versions would cause some projects using the older version
to render incorrectly either in TPDesign5 or on the touch panel, or both.
TPDesign5 will notify the user when the project is opened that the substitution has
taken place and that they should save their projects afterward.
Also, G4Utility v1.1 will perform the substitution as part of the conversion process.
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February 2015
- New button-type: listview
- Resources - New resource type: Dynamic Data Sources
- Dynamic Data Sources are located under a new tab in the Resource Manager
- Dynamic Data Maps - new dialog for defining the mappings to listview data elements
- Paste Controls - Added controls for pasting Dynamic Data Sources
- Programmers Report - Added sections for Dynamic Data Sources and Listview buttons
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December 2014
- Events: added support for password-protected page flips
- App Window Parameters dialog
- Added ability to add/delete stock parameters (optional parameters only)
- G4Utility - Will now migrate G4 standard page flips to password-protected page flips if the value of the button's Password Protection property is Level 1-4.
- Bundles updated G5 Support Files v1.2 install
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June 2014
- App Windows: Added VNC Client support
- Added support for the following Page Flip Animations
- slide
- slide bounce
- fade
- door fade
- center door fade
- zoom in
- zoom out
- spin in
- spin out
- Added support for Unicode text for Command and String outputs
- Restored Active-Centering, Drag, and Drag-Centering level functions
- Restored Dynamic Re-ordering to Sub-Page View buttons
- App Windows: Added URI parameter to Browser app
- Updated project format - TPD5 v1.0 projects will be updated to the v1.1 format when opened in TPD5 1.1
- G4Utility - Updated to convert TPD4 projects to the TPD5 v1.1 format
- G4Utility - Will migrate the supported G5 page flip animations. Non-supported animations will be reverted to standard page flips.
- Updated and revised Help content
- Bundles updated G5 Support Files v1.1 install
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April 2014
- Fixes occasional G4 Utility crash issue
- Fixes G4 Utility issue with missing fonts in converted projects
- G4 Utility will convert any deprecated bargraph sliders to "None" in converted projects
- Fixes TPDesign5 crashes related to modifying state font property
- Fixes TPDesign5 crashes related to Display Function Overlay feature
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February 2014
Initial release
- Support for Modero-X G5 touch panel series
- Application windows
- Events Support
- Page Show/Hide
- Button Press/Release
- Gestures
- Actions
- Page Flips
- Launch Application
- String Output
- Command Output
- Gradient fills
- Multiple bitmaps on states
- Will install and run on Windows 7/Windows 8
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Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site
references, is subject to change without notice. Complying with all applicable
copyright laws is the responsibility of the user.
© 2015 AMX LLC. All rights reserved.
TPDesign5™ and G4Utility™ are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of AMX LLC in the United States and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.