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6.To test the behavior of the custom control graphic, enter appropriate values, for the assigned properties, for example, enter different values in the Value field if the value property is assigned.
7.As desired, set relevant properties for the custom control graphic for Appearance, Behavior, Data, Design, Layout and Navigation. in the Properties pane.
Creating Links
Using drawing elements of the Custom Graphic Controls library allows creating links to:
•Other graphic pages within the graphic user interface or to an external graphic user interface of a remote ARENA.
•Time programs overview of a specific segment
•Single time programs
•Settings overview
•Single settings
•Documents (e.g. txt, xls, pdf files, etc.)
•Public or internal web pages
•Pictures
Most of custom graphic controls use an URL link. Some such as ´Picture` or Document need a file. For all, general properties can be set on the Properties pane. The “Custom Graphics Control Overview” section gives a functional overview of the various Custom Graphics Controls.
1.Use the functional overview described in the “Custom Graphics Controls Overview” section below when applying the following steps for creating Links.
2.Drag&drop the custom graphic control to the drawing space or select the custom graphic control in the drawing space if already there.
3.Under Navigation in the Properties pane, click the property, e.g. Document for a document link, Setting for a setting link, etc.
4.In the Choose …. dialog box, select the target document, setting, etc., and then click the OK button.
5.As desired, set relevant properties for the custom control graphic for Appearance, Behavior, Data, Design, and Layout in the Properties pane.
NOTES for Linking Documents:
To properly link documents you must consider the following:
The document to be linked must be located in the following route folder “C:\Program Files\CentraLine\Arena2\Website” or in subfolders of this folder, e.g. “C:\Program Files\CentraLine\Arena2\Website\Documents”. The path (URL) entry when the route folder has been used, is as follows:
<IP address of ARENA PC>/Arena/<document file name>, e.g. 192.100.310.166/Arena/application.doc
The path (URL) entry when a subfolder has been created and used below the route folder, is as follows:
<IP address of ARENA PC>/Arena/<subfolder name>/<document file name>, e.g. 192.100.310.166/Arena/documents/appendix.xls
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