Name:	Medialon Picture
Version:	6.7.2
Available for:	Manager V7 and Manager V6 (Kiosk, Lite & Pro) & Showmaster (Mini)
Limitation In:
Device Brand:	Medialon
Positrack Compatible:	Yes
Resources type:	None

Overview

Pictures MxM provides a way to dynamically display still pictures and editable text in Manager user’s screens. Pictures supported format are JPEG, BMP, ICO and WMF. Images can be streched and scrolled at a adjustable speed, text can be written and scroll in the same way. The user can easily create a task in Manager for displaying sequences of images.

MxM Installation

No special installation required.

Device Setup

Device creation window:

You can choose between to display mode: in the container of a user-screen or in a separate window where, in that case, you must check “Show window when Debug/Run” in the Setup dialog box.

To display the device in a UserScreen’s container, use the Manager’s DeviceControl command as shown below:

• Parameter ‘Device Name’ indicates the name of the Picture device (here Picture_1)
• Parameter ‘Control Type’ is set to ‘Display’
• Parameter ‘Container Name’ indicates the name of the container into which the picture device must be displayed (here Container_1).

Default Picture Window Settings: These settings enable to define the aspect of the default picture window when object containers are not used to display the view.

• Left: Defines the left position of the window.
• Top: Defines the Top position of the window.
• Width: Defines the width of the window.
• Height: Defines the height of the window.
• Select: Enable to graphically select coordinates using the mouse cursor.
• Screen: Set coordinates to the current screen position and size.
• Window style: Defines if the window is a moveable, a moveable and sizeable or a fixed window.
• Show window when Debug/Run: Defines if the picture window must be displayed when Manager switches to Debug or Run mode. In that case, the picture window is not displayed in a UserScreen’s container.

Device Commands

Set picture

To set the picture file name to be displayed.

• Picture Path [String] Full path name of the file

Usage: Supported format are JPEG, BMP, ICO and WMF

Set Stretch

To stretch the picture.

• On/Off [Enum]
  • “On”: the picture will fit the container size.
  • “Off”: the picture will keep its proper size.

Usage: This command has no effect on text.

Set Scroll

To scroll the text or the picture displayed.

• Step [Type:Integer] The amount of pixels of each scroll
• Period [Integer] The amount of time between each step in milliseconds

Write Text

To write a text in the container.

• Text [String] Text to be displayed.
• Font Name [String] Name of the font.
• Font Color [Enum] Color of the font. The names of the colors are language dependent.
  • “Aqua”
  • “Black”
  • “Blue”
  • “DkGray”
  • “Fuchsia”
  • “ClGray”
  • “Green”
  • “Lime”
  • “LtGray”
  • “Maroon”
  • “Olive”
  • “Purple”
  • “Red”
  • “Silver”
  • “Teal”
  • “White”
  • “Yellow”
• Font Size [Integer] The size of the font
• Background Color [Enum] Color of the background
  • “Aqua”
  • “Black”
  • “Blue”
  • “DkGray”
  • “Fuchsia”
  • “ClGray”
  • “Green”
  • “Lime”
  • “LtGray”
  • “Maroon”
  • “Olive”
  • “Purple”
  • “Red”
  • “Silver”
  • “Teal”
  • “White”
  • “Yellow”

Stamp an image

Stamp a image into the existing image.

• Picture filename [String] Full path name of the file.
• Top [Integer] Top position where to stamp the image.
• Left [Integer] Left position where to stamp the image.
• Transparency [Enum]
  • “Off”: no transparency.
  • “On”: the color of the fist pixel (0,0) of the stamp will be considered as the transparency color.
• ID [Integer] The ID of stamp (used in the next commands).

Usage: Supported format are JPEG, BMP, ICO and WMF. Transparent color is selected on the pixel 0,0 of the image.

Move stamp

To move a stamp previously added.

• Top [Type:Integer] The new top coordinate of the stamp
• Left [Integer] The new left coordinate of the stamp
• ID [Integer] The ID of stamp.

Remove stamp

To remove a stamp from the image.

• ID [Integer] The ID of stamp.

Device Variables

none

Revisions

V 1.0.1

• Added: Support for Manager Kiosk

V 6.0.0

• Modified: Support of Manager V6/Showmaster V2.

V 6.0.1

• Fixed: Setup dialog doesn’t open on the correct screen on a multi-screen configuration.

V 6.0.2

• Fixed: Device variables are not reset after a project load (Requires Manager 6.0.3+).

V 6.0.3

• Fixed: In some cases the Picture is not displayed when the window becomes visible.
• Added: A warning message informs the User that the ‘Show window when debug/Run’ option doesn’t support the Container use.
• Fixed: The Setup dialog box is not always fully visible at the device creation time.
• Fixed: In multi screen configuration, the ‘Select position using mouse cursor’ doesn’t work properly.

V 6.7.0

• Improved: Support for High DPI displays (require Manager 6.7.0+ or Showmaster Editor 2.7.0+)
• Changed: Compatibility for Manager 6.7.0 and Showmaster Editor 2.7.0