Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Screens and Graphics
1. Make sure the screen file is open for editing.
2. On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Attributes.The Screen Attributes dialog is
displayed.
3. Select the Enable Background option. A new BMP file with the same name as the screen is automatically saved
in the Screen sub-folder of your project folder (e.g., \project_name\Screen\screen_name.BMP).
4. Click OK to close the Screen Attributes dialog.
5. On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Background Image. Microsoft Paint is started
and the BMP file is opened for editing.
6. Use Paint to edit the background image as needed.
Tip: To use an image editor other than Microsoft Paint, manually edit […]\InduSoft Web Studio
v7.1\Bin\Program Settings.ini to add the following setting:
[Options]
ImageEditor=filepath
Specifying an existing image file as the background
To select an existing image file, especially if it's in a format other than BMP:
1. Copy the image file that you want to use to the Screen sub-folder of your project folder.
2. In the development application, make sure the screen file is open for editing.
3. On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Screen group, click Attributes.The Screen Attributes dialog is
displayed.
4. Select the Enable Background option.
5. Select the Shared Image option, and in the box, type the name of the image file. Do not include the file
extension.
6. In the list to the right of the Enable Background option, select the graphics format of the image file.
Note: Only BMP files are supported in projects developed for Windows Embedded target
systems.
7. Click OK to close the Screen Attributes dialog. If the development application can find and load the specified
file, then it will be shown in the screen. If not, then a warning message will be displayed.
Screen Group Folder
The Screen Group folder combines individual screens from the Screens folder into more manageable groups.
To open a specific screen group, open the Screen Group folder and right-click on the subfolder.
To remove a specific screen group, right-click on its subfolder and click the prompt screen to delete.
To create a new screen group:
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