Page

Here are the page's settings as they appear in the properties pane:

Page

Name

The unique name that is used to identify this page.

Description

A short description you want to use for this page. If entered, this text will be shown to identify this page in the Dialog.PageSearch action. You an also access this value at runtime using the Application.GetPageProperties action.

Keywords

A comma-delimited list of keywords you want to store for this page. These can be used to allow the user to search your application at runtime for pages containing keyword text. See the Dialog.PageSearch action for displaying a search dialog in your application, and the Application.MakeKeywordIndex and Application.SearchKeywords actions for manually working with the keyword index in your project.

UseCustomSettings

Setting this value to true will allow you to change the look of your page background. If this value is false, the page background will be the default background color for windows applications.

Note: If you skin your application, the default background color will come from your skin file.

Note: if this value is set to true, the BackgroundStyle, BackgroundImage, ImageStyle, BackgroundColor and GradientColor settings will be ignored.

BackgroundStyle

The type of background to use. Choose from:

Solid

Cover the background with a single, solid color.

Gradient

Cover the background with a 2-color gradient.
(A smooth transition from one color at the top of the page, to a second color at the bottom of the page.)

Image

Display an image as the background. The image will be resized to fit the page.

BackgroundImage

The image that will be used as the background for this page. Click the browse button to select an image file.

ImageStyle

The background image style to show. Choose from:

Fit to page

Resize or stretch the image to cover the entire page. (This may cause some images to appear distorted.)

Tile

Cover the background with copies of the image placed side-by-side and top-to-bottom, like tiles on a floor.

Actual size

Display the image using it's original dimensions. The image will be positioned in the top left hand corner of the page.

BackgroundColor

The background color for the page.

Tip: You can click the select button to bring up a color chooser. Clicking the "More Colors..." button on the color menu allows you to choose either a standard color/custom color, or use the eyedropper to pick a color from somewhere within the AutoPlay application window.

GradientColor

The bottom color for the Gradient background style. The page background will be blended from the background color (at the top of the page) to this color (at the bottom of the page) when Style is set to "Gradient."

Transition

The type of transition you want to have between pages in your project. Click the select button to choose one of the available transition styles.

TransitionSettings

The settings you want to have for the selected transition style. Click the edit button to open the transition properties dialog.

InheritBackground

The name of the page whose background properties you want to inherit. The background for that page will be used on the current page. If you need to edit the background, you will need to go to the page you inherited from to make any changes.

InheritObjects

The name of the page whose objects you want to inherit. If you need to edit any objects that are inherited, you will need to go to the page you inherited from to make any changes.

Actions

On Preload

The actions that will be performed right after the page is created in memory, before the page (or any of the objects on it) is shown.

You can use this event to set the initial visibility of each object on the page. Simply show or hide the objects according to whether they should start out visible or hidden. (By doing so before the page is displayed, you can avoid any visible "flickering" as the objects are hidden or shown.)

Note: Some actions (especially object-related actions) may not work properly on this event because it occurs before any of the page's objects are "created." If an action doesn't work at On Preload, try it at On Show instead.

 Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Show

The actions that will be performed whenever the page is opened (after the page is shown and the objects have been drawn). Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Close

The actions that will be performed whenever the page is closed. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Timer

The actions that will be performed whenever a page timer fires. You can start a page timer using a Page.StartTimer action. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Audio

The actions that will be performed whenever an audio channel's state changes on the page. For example, if a channel's audio is paused, this event will be triggered. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Size

The actions that will be performed whenever the page changes size. For example, if the user maximizes the application's window, this event will fire. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Menu

The actions that will be performed when the user interacts with the menu bar. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Key

The actions that will be performed whenever the application window has focus and the user presses a key. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Mouse Button

The actions that will be performed when a mouse button is clicked within the bounds of your application. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Mouse Move

The actions that will be performed when the mouse moves within the bounds of your application. Click the edit button to open the script editor.

On Mouse Wheel

The actions that will be performed when the mouse wheel is rotated while the page has focus. Click the edit button to open the script editor.