User Manual

Designing Control Surfaces

Customizing Appearance

The position of an object may be changed by dragging the object within the

Surface. The size and shape of an object may be changed by dragging the

green handles that appear when the object is selected. Position, size, and

shape may also be edited in the Display Attributes of the Property Sheet

The color of various aspects of an object may be edited in the Format Bar and

in the Display Attributes of the Property Sheet

. Some color aspects that may

be edited include: On/Off, Text, Border, Back, Fore, Hilite, and Shadow.

Certain objects allow more in-depth editing of appearance,

including such aspects as: Border Style & Width, Scale

Markings, Button or Thumb (knob) Style, Control Orientation,

etc.

Textures may be applied as the background for certain objects.

Textures are images imported via the Display Attributes of the

Property Sheet

. Pictures may also be imported, from the Control

Bar, for use as Surface backgrounds or placement of logos, etc.

Textures and Pictures both utilize the Image Dialog

box. Frames

may be placed from the Control Bar

, for organizing and labeling

associated controls. Text (Static Controls) may be placed from

either the Object Bar

or the Control Bar. Text/Static Controls can

also help organize and label, as well as provide backgrounds for,

other controls. Pictures, Frames, and Text/Static Controls may be

Grouped

with associated controls, so they might all be selected

and positioned as one object. The appearance of the Surface

itself can be edited in ways similar to those described above.