7.4

Pidgets
Pidgets are special static patterns you can print on a page to use with the Anoto Digital Pen. When the pen "writes"over those
specific patterns, options are triggered as the pen recognizes them. In other words, pidgets are triggers for the pen's features
and are limited to what features the pen actually has.
The pidgets themselves are small EPSfiles that are printed as an image. Once printed, pidgets can be re-used multiple times.
This is because the pidgets are printed in true black which the pen recognizes even if there have been multiple color pen
marks on top of them.
To activate a pidget, simply place the pen inside of the pidget's icon and press down. Generally, there is no need to move the
pen or write anything, the pen can detect the pattern. When the pen successfully reads a pidget, it vibrates twice in quick suc-
cession.
There are two types of pidgets - those that change the digital ink settings and those that change the pen settings.
Available pidgets are:
l Stroke Width:Changes the width of the digital ink in the pen.
l Stroke Color:Changes the color of the digital ink in the pen.
l Pen settings:Execute an action or change a pen configuration:
l Bluetooth to PC:Triggers sending the PGCfile over bluetooth to a computer that is currently synchronized
with the Anoto Digital Pen, if the sync is active, the computer is in range and turned on.
l Bluetooth to Mobile:Triggers sending the PGCfile over bluetooth to a mobile phone that is synchronized
with the Anoto Digital Pen, if the sync is active, the mobile is in range and turned on.
Capture Field Masks
When using a Field Type of Custom or Regular Expression, the mask to be used must be set with a Field Mask.
To open the Mask List
1. Create a new Capture Field Area
2. Set the Capture Field Type to User Area
3. Set the Field Style to Multi-Area Field
4. Change the Mask Type to either Custom or Regular Expression.
5. Next to the Format List, click the Edit Masks button.
To add a new mask to the list
1.
Click on the button to add a new entry.
2. Double-click in the Name box and enter a name for the expression.
3. Double-click in the Value box and enter the desired expression (see below).
Custom Masks
Custom masks are not as powerful as regular expressions but they offer two distinct advantages. First, Custom masks will
automatically divide the Multi-Area Field in which they are used into the correct number of expected boxes and any static char-
acters used in the mask will output in the Capture Field Box when printing. Second, Custom masks are simpler to use and have
a one-on-one relationship between the mask and its output.
Accepted Characters
Each character, except for \, is deemed to be a single expected character, so the number of captured characters is not variable
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