SmartDevicesPlus 6 Editor Features

SmartDevicesPlus 6 introduced the following features to the hierarchical editor and templates wizard.

Template selector

A search box was added in the template selector dialog. This will search through SmartDevicesPlus templates library allowing user to locate templates easily.

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Also, preview images can now be zoomed by performing a double click over the preview in the template selector dialog.

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Hierarchical editor

Copy Format

The properties of any layout component (attribute, variable, textblock, table, etc) can be copied and then applied over other components.

e.g.

Let's say user wants to override the format of "ProductDescription" attribute with the format applied in the attribute "ProductName"  in the header section.

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User can right click the source attribute "ProductName" in the hierarchical editor, and press "Copy format"

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Then, user can right click over "ProductDescription" and select "Apply format"

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This will apply all format properties in "ProductDescription"

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Wrap/Unrwapp stencils

User can apply or remove a stencil from the layout using the hierarchical editor

To apply a stencil, right click in any table in the hierarchical editor and select "Swap stencil"

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Applied stencil will be shown in the hierarchical editor

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To remove the applied stencil, right click in any table in the hierarchical editor and select "Unwrap stencil"

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This will remove the stencil

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