User manual CRESTRON SW-VTPRO-E WEB PAGES

[. . . ] Crestron VT Pro-e Design Notes DOs and DON'Ts for Designing Web Pages (With VisionToolsTM Pro-e) Introduction Just as special consideration must be made when designing pages for different touchpanel models, web page development using Crestron e-controlTM with VisionToolsTM Pro-e (VT Pro-e) requires forethought. Particular preparation is due to the special circumstances and behavioral differences in both design and runtime that exist between touchpanel and browser projects. Of course, if a designer has no intentions of converting to or creating web pages with VT Pro-e, there is no impact. [. . . ] · · · Avoid clutter (non-functional object such as the border, text, or lines). Combine many objects into one or use a single background image instead of many different ones. For example, create a single button with graphic properties rather than an image that covers a button. Combine many pages into a single page by making controls smaller and more closely spaced. DO . . . Remember There are Differences There are design and runtime differences between touchpanel and browser projects. · · · · Two new objects, dials and marquees, are available only in a browser project. A browser project permits additional analog gauge and slider properties. The practice of covering these objects with subpages (as done in a touchpanel project) is ineffective with web pages because the subpage is actually a window that can be moved. DO . . . Be Concerned with Background Color and Transparency Match the background color of circular and elliptical objects with the page or object they are covering. If a panel project containing transparent buttons is converted to a web project, these buttons are given a default face color and the object underneath the button does not appear. DO . . . Use Web-Acceptable Fonts VT Pro-e provides support for Arial, Courier, Courier New, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, and Times New Roman in browser projects. Crestron Transport fonts are not supported, but as shown in the examples, images can be used in place of the font. Draw a Web Object Directly on a Page Behavior of overlapping web objects in design mode is intricate. If overlapping web objects are necessary, a good design practice that could guarantee proper operation is to create a new web object directly on a page and move it over an existing web object. [. . . ] Due to these issues, Crestron recommends Internet Explorer version 5. 0. Assume Subpage Assertion Subpages do not assert automatically with a join number of zero as they do for touchpanels. A design solution may be to assign a join number to a subpage and have it asserted high at all times. 2 · DOs and DON'Ts for Designing Web Pages (With VisionToolsTM Pro-e) Design Notes - DOC. [. . . ]