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CUSTOM BUTTONS AND BITMAPS (T2+)

The TheaterTouch Designer software comes with two additional programs for creating custom graphics for mono-

chrome devices (T2+). These programs are very similar in appearance and functionality and both programs can be

accessed from the Library menu within the TheaterTouch Designer program.

The Button Bitmap Editor is for creating and editing button bitmaps for such things as channel and transport

icons.

The Custom Button Editor is for creating and editing custom buttons for such things as company logos or

complex groups of controls.

Custom Buttons have several fundamental differences from Bitmaps:

1. Custom Buttons must specify an image of the entire button. Bitmaps are smaller, and therefore can be placed

on buttons with the standard border styles.

2. Custom Buttons can contain more than one active button area, so a whole group of related controls can be

created as a single Custom Button. Bitmaps are indivisible, and must be placed separately onto individual

buttons.

3. Custom Buttons must provide an image for both the Up (normal) and Down (pressed) states of the button.

Bitmaps provide only the Up image. The Down image of a Bitmap is created by simply inverting it.

4. Custom Buttons can be any size, up to the entire display size (but each active area must be four squares by

four squares or smaller). Bitmaps are limited to a handful of pre-defined sizes.

Given these characteristics, Custom Buttons are most appropriate for complex or large groups of controls, such

as a customized set of transport controls for a DVD player, or a large company logo. Bitmaps are most appro

priate for small pictures that don’t need a full button to display, such as TV channel icons or small logos. Since

Bitmaps don’t have a Down image, they take half as much memory to store in the device, so more Bitmaps can

be created.

Custom Buttons are stored within Libraries, not as individual files. Before you can design your own Custom

Buttons, you must create a new library file using the Custom Button Editor or Button Bitmap Editor. The library

file can have many Custom Buttons within it.

Chapter 6. Working with Buttons

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