User Manual

Macro Pages
Editing and Assembling Elements
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Attach the left edge of the fourth text field with a ratio of 3/4.
8.
Attach the right edge with a ratio of 4/4.
Scaling Elements
You can scale bitmap resources to make them fit on your macro page.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Resources Tree, select the resource.
2. In the Properties section, select a Scale Mode for the image.
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Select Stretch to stretch or compress the image to fill the new space.
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Select Tile to repeat the image, that is, to insert several instances of the image
next to each other, as often as necessary to fill the new space.
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Select Tileborder to fill the area outside the margin lines with the bitmap
content, the center area of the bitmap remains empty. This allows you to create a
resizable border for an element on the macro page, for example.
3. In the GUI Tree, select the element that uses the bitmap property, activate the Scalable
button in the Properties section and adjust the Size values for the bitmap.
Aligning Elements on the Canvas
Guide lines help you align controls and other elements on the canvas.
PREREQUISITE
Show Guide Lines is activated on the toolbar.
PROCEDURE
1. Right-click the canvas at the position where you want to add the guide line and select
Add Horizontal Guide Line or Add Vertical Guide Line or click in the ruler and drag the
mouse into the canvas.
2. Move the guide line to the exact position.
The pixel position is indicated while moving a guideline.
Creating Pages on the Macro Page
PROCEDURE
1. In the GUI Tree, click Add Element and select Stack.
2. Select the stack element on the canvas and drag its borders so that the stack size
matches the size of the macro page.
3. Right-click the stack element in the GUI Tree and select Create> Group.
4. Drag the borders of the group element so that it matches the stack size.
5. Repeat the last two steps, so that you get a stack with two child groups.
Those child groups are the pages of your macro page.
6. Add and edit the elements on both pages.