Layout points are used to add additional text and/or images to a project. The Layout point doesn't record information but can add considerable value to the functions of a project.
Each Layout point can contain either a block of text, or an image, or both.
Text can be displayed in one of the four font types supported by the Windows CE operating system - Tahoma, Courier New, Frutiger Linotype and Bookdings - and at selected sizes, styles and colours. Two colour ranges, and customized colour are available. Large text sizes can be used for projection of presentions.
Images up to 220 pixels wide can be inserted in bitmap (bmp) format. Bitmap images are intrinsically large files, therefore preparation of the image in 256 colour format is recommended.
The text component of a Layout point has the potential to include references to other points in the project, in much the same way that a Math or Logic point is able to reference other values. This can be useful where the value filled into a point in one part of a project needs to be displayed elsewhere, or formatted into a text message.
To include a reference to another point's value in a Layout point, simply enclose the other point's ID Name with <% %>, for example to reference the point Age, a Layout point could contain: John is <% Age %> years old.
If the value 33 were entered in the Age point, then the Layout point would read John is 33 years old.
Any number of points can be referenced from a Layout point, with or without normal text.
Layout Points are not available in the Lite Edition.