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PDesign4 Touch Panel Design Program
3. Select the page that you want the panel to flip to when the panel is inactive for the amount of
time specified on the panel.
Creating a Screen Saver
You can create a "screen-saver" for the panel as part of your project by using the Inactivity Page
Flip option in the Panel Setup Information tab of the Project Properties dialog.
1. Select File > Project Properties to open the Project Properties dialog.
2. In the Panel Setup Information tab, click the down arrow next to the Inactive page flip field to
display a list of all of the pages in this project.
3. Select the page that you want the panel to flip to when the panel is inactive for the amount of
time specified on the panel.
Converting TPD3 files to TPD4
TPDesign4 is backward-compatible with TPDesign3. However, project files that were created in
TPDesign3 must be converted in order to be compatible with TPDesign4, for use with G4 panels.
Using the TPD Conversion Wizard
TPDesign4 includes a TPD Conversion Wizard tool that makes it easy to convert your existing
TPDesign3 files for use with TPDesign4. The TPD Conversion Wizard steps you through the
conversion process in three dialogs:
1. Step 1 of 3 (Select Source and Destination): In the first dialog, select the TPD3 project file
that you want to convert (use the browse button to navigate to the desired file, via the Open
dialog). Then click the down arrows next to Panel Type and Resolution to specify the target G4
panel for the project file. If you selected a panel that supports multiple resolutions (i.e. NXP-
TPI4), you can specify the target resolution for the project. A description and image of the
selected panel is displayed. Click Next to proceed.
2. Step 2 of 3 (View Warnings and Substitute Fonts): The second dialog in the wizard contains
two read-only text fields:
 The Pre-Conversion Warnings list box alerts you to any possible conflicts that will exist
in the selected file, once the conversion process is applied. For example, if the target
panel/resolution differs from the original target of the TPDesign3 file, you will see a Pre-
Conversion warning message indicating that scaling will occur. The conversion wizard
handles most of these issues for you automatically.
 The lower list box indicates any fonts that were specified in the original TPDesign3 file,
but that are not available to TPDesign4 (i.e. are not currently installed on your PC). For
each unmatched font listed, you can select a substitute font to use instead. If all fonts
used in the original file are still available, the message "No unmatched fonts" is
displayed.
3. Step 3 of 3 (Finish): The final dialog in the wizard lists the selected file, the original panel/
resolution association, and the target panel/resolution. Following the conversion process, any
warnings and/or errors encountered will be displayed in the Errors and Warnings report dialog.
Click Filter Warnings to select which warning messages to display or suppress (via the Filter
Conversion Warnings dialog).
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