Working With Properties
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TPDesign4 Touch Panel Design Software (v2.10 or higher)
Basic Address Codes: Time Display
With Address Port set to 0 - setup port (in the Programming tab of the Properties Control window),
several Time Display options are available (as Basic address codes). Use these options to create buttons
that display the current time. Select a format to use for the time display:
See the Creating a Date Button section on page 75.
See the Creating a Time Button section on page 75.
Channel Codes
When a button, page or popup page's Channel Port is set to 0 - setup port, then various channel code
options are made available (click the down arrow next to Channel Codes in the Programming tab of the
Properties Control window to view). These channel code options are separated into two main categories:
Basic and Advanced, and the options available depend on what type of element is selected (page, popup
page or button). Furthermore, different button types support different channel codes.
By default, the Channel Codes item in the Programming tab displays the Basic Codes. To switch the
view to Advanced Codes, click on Advanced Codes at the bottom of the code list window.
Navigation Buttons - Channel Code values
Channel Code values that can be applied to Navigation buttons (via the Channel Code Programming
property) include:
• 24-hour: Displays the current time. Example: “13:30”
•Standard: Displays the current time. Example: “1:30”
•Standard AM/PM: Displays the current time. Example: “1:30 PM”
•none no navigation command will be associated with this button.
•Up Move up one entry
•Down Move down one entry
• Page Up Move up one page
• Page Down Move down one page
•Home Move to Top of page
•End Move to bottom of page
• Sort Column (1-20) Enter the number of the column to use for alpha-numeric sorting (1-20).
The Sort Column entries contain the column titles (up to 20 columns, sup-
plied by the List Data Table). Once applied to a Navigation Button, the but-
ton will sort the list box based on this column selection.
It is up to you to make sure a column exists in the table when defining a
"Sort Column #".
TPD4 displays these list values regardless of the panel type. However, TPD4 will
save the "List" or "Selection" version of "Up, Down,..." automatically, based on
whether the PPF says the panel type supports "Selection" (i.e. a panel without a
touch overlay, such as the MAX AVP).