Changing Styles

Available Styles displays a list of predefined styles.

Note:

Styles that have a '1' prefix are designed for Webdash frames.

*  To apply a style:

  1. In Step 8: Configure Style from Available Styles, select a style.

  2. Click Apply Wizard button to apply the selection to the document.

    The style elements on the current dashboard are set to the values specified in the selected style.

*  To manually configure each style element:

  1. In Step 8: Configure Style from Customize Page Colors and Fonts, select a style element.

    • If a color element is selected, the Color dialog box is displayed

    • If a font element is selected, the Font dialog box is displayed

  2. If a color element is selected, in the Color dialog box, complete one of these actions:

    • From the Basic colors table, select a color

    • From the Custom colors table, select a color

    • On the right of the Color dialog box, set RGB values

  3. If Open Color Palette button is clicked, the palettes folder is opened; from the palettes folder, select a predefined color scheme (a PAL file); and click Open.

    A dialog box is displayed explaining that the selected palette is successfully loaded. The palette is available as a set of colors, in the Custom colors table of the Color dialog box.

  4. If a font element is selected, in the Font dialog box, make the modifications, and click OK.

  5. Click Apply Wizard button to apply the selections to the document, and view the changes in the dashboard.

  6. After setting style elements, click Save Style button to save the style.

  7. In Save As, save the style with an FDS file extension.

    For example, Basic.fds. The style is displayed in Available Styles and can be used in other dashboards.

  8. Click Save button to save the current dashboard without closing it.

  9. If Save and Close Document button is clicked, in Save As, accept the default file name or specify another name.

    If the specified name exists, save the file with another name.

    If the default file name is accepted, an _esm suffix is added to the file name. If a file name is specified, the _esm suffix is not added.

  10. After naming the dashboard, click Yes, when a message is displayed asking to save a slimmer, runtime version of the dashboard.

    Select a Framework Template is displayed.

  11. Alternatively, if the document is closed and a runtime version is saved (using a template Release 8.3.8 or later), select Pack JavaScript to compact the JavaScript and remove all trace statements.

    See Packing JavaScript Feature.

New dashboards are saved to the default save location associated with the template from which they were built. Runtime dashboards are saved to a Runtime folder in the location of the saved ESM. Existing dashboards are saved to the location from which they were opened.