This section describes the usage of the functions provided by the Animation-TabPage.
The Animation-TabPage provides various functions to handle ToolTipsFactory-Animations as entities:
| Button | Description |
| Load... | This button leads directly to a standard
Open File dialog box, which allows to locate and select a
ToolTipsFactory Animation-file
(*.afx"). The selected file is then loaded into the Animation-Editor.
The previous Animation
is discarded. The name of the file, from which the Animation
was loaded is displayed in the title-bar of the Animation-Editor-window:
|
| Save | This saves the current Animation
to the (*.afx) file from which it was originally loaded with the
"Load..."-command. This works only if the Animation
was loaded from file or saved to a file in the same Animation-Editor
session, because the filename is not preserved by the Animation-object
stored in the project resource-file.
If the current Animation in the Animation-Editor is not associated with a file and the Save-button is activated, the user will be first prompted for a filename and location. (In this case the Save-command is identical to the "Save as"...-command.) |
| Save as... | This function allows the user to save the
current Animation
as a ToolTipsFactory Animation-file.
A Save File dialog box will be opened, which allows to navigate to the
target-directory and to specify a name for the file.
The full path/name of the created Animation-file is taken as the default target for any subsequent Save-operation. This is also reflected by the fact that the filename/path is displayed in the title-bar of the Animation-Editor-window. |
| Import... | This tab provides the means to import a ToolTipsFactory
Animation-file
into the current Animation.
This means it gives the possibility to combine various, already existing
ToolTipsFactory Animation-scenes
to a new movie.
The imported scene or Animation is inserted right before the current location of the row-selector in the Frames-Grid. |
