Screen Navigation

Navigating the various project screens can be established by inserting a command object from the toolbox on screen and assigning it the "change page" command, or by using the system commands without  having to configure any programmed commands.

Using Command Objects

The change page commands enable you to set navigating from one screen to another in the way that suits you best.  The objects which are normally used to do this are those found in the Toolbox as Command Buttons which are predisposed to for executing commands, in this case the "Open Screen" command.  This command closes the active screen and opens the one desired.

For more information on using command objects please refer to the chapter on  "Using Command Objects"

 

Using System Commands

Movicon projects are predisposed for executing screen page navigation without obliging the programmer to insert navigation buttons (nevertheless always available).

The system commands provide:

 

Project Startup in "Tile" or "Gallery Page" mode:  

You can select the main page type you wish to set from the project properties.  When selecting Tile Page or Gallery Page, the project will startup displaying the main page with a system page  representing the screens that have been inserted in the project in tile format (Windows 8 coloured squares style) or by displaying a screen preview in scrolling gallery mode. The user can select the screen they wish to open from the main page.

 

 

 

At  the  Startup of the project can be defined the "Main Page",in this way you can open the screen dedicated as the "Main page", containing the change page commands that the programmer may have Defined.

 

 

Return to Main Page

When using the system command for navigating, Movicon will enable you to set the Startup page with a Return to Main Page command which will be displayed on the system toolbar in runtime as shown below:

 

 

The system Toolbar is displayed when clicking or touching the top border area of any screen.  

 

 

 

The change page commands can be inserted in any screen as pleased, independently from using the system navigation commands.

 

The system Toolbar commands in runtime are listed below starting from the left: