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RapidBuilder^® v3.1 Deluxe Features and Benefits (At a Glance ...)

• Text Features - RapidBuilder includes a wide variety of text features, including the following:
   
  
  • Text Field displays text directly on frames.
     
  • Instruction Box displays text in a floating window. (Ideal for tutorial instructions).
     
  • Inline graphics may be added to Text Fields and Instruction Boxes.
     
  • Record Fields - Text Fields and Instruction Boxes can be defined as “record” fields. This enables the design and properties of the Text Field or Instruction Box to be shared across multiple frames, and each frame can contain different content. This makes it easy for developers to quickly add Instruction Boxes and Text Fields across multiple screens without having to copy and paste the Instruction Box/Text Field and its associated properties from screen to screen.
     
  • Rotated Text Field enables text to be rotated to any angle from 1 to 360 degrees.
     
  • Format Bar includes industry-standard options for modifying text font, style, size, color, etc.
     
  • Text Fields may be styled as call-outs for purposes of labeling and identifying specific items or areas. There are various types of call-out styles available for a Text Field, including Rectangle, Cloud, Round Bubble, etc.
     
  • Text may be converted to hotwords, which are interactive links to pop-up text messages, other screens within the file, or external RapidBuilder (.RBX) or RapidExam (.EXM) files.
     
  • Text may be copied and cleared upon entering/leaving a screen or clicking a Hyperlink during playback.
     
  • Text Fields and Instruction Boxes may be exported to Flash as images (instead of regular objects). This exporting option will produce sharper, smoother text (displayed with picture-like quality) within the exported Flash file.
     
• Import/Export Text - Enables developers to export the text from selected frames/objects in the current RapidBuilder file to an XML file for the purpose of language translation. The translated text may later be imported from the XML file back into the RapidBuilder file in order to replace the original text.
   
• Spell Checker - Enables the developer to detect and correct spelling errors in object-related text.
   
• Radio Buttons and Check Boxes - Used to simulate the appearance and functions of Windows-style radio buttons and check boxes.
   
• Combo Box - Simulates the appearance and functionality of a Windows-style combo box, enabling the end user to select one or more items from a drop-down list and displaying them in a text field.
   
• Draw Objects/Tools - RapidBuilder includes a palette of Draw objects and tools that allow the developer to enhance frames with different lines, shapes, colors, and custom art. They are as follows:
   
  • Line objects can be used to connect text fields, point to frame features, create tables and diagrams, and more. A line can be styled as an arrow, and its size, color and width can be adjusted. It can also be displayed in different styles, including Solid, Dash and Dot.
     
  • Round Rectangle, Rectangle, and Ellipse objects can be used to create tables or visually enhance a captured or inserted frame. The size, color, border style, and border width of these objects can be adjusted. They can also be set to Opaque or Transparent, and they can be filled with a solid color, diagonal lines, vertical lines, horizontal lines, and more.
     
  • The Fill Color tool allows the developer to select any color from the Color Palette and use it to color draw objects or inserted/appended frames.
     
  • The Color Selector allows the developer to select any color from an inserted bitmap or captured frame and save it as a color in the Color Palette. This color can then be applied to any shape object.
     
  • The Pencil tool allows the developer to draw free-form lines on a frame. The color of the lines can be adjusted.
     
  • The Air Brush tool allows the developer to draw free-form lines with an airbrush effect. The color of the spray can be adjusted, and different coverage levels can be selected.
     
  • The Paint Brush tool allows the developer to draw free-form lines with different levels of thickness and different styles. The color of the strokes can be adjusted. Different brush shapes (rounded, squared, ribbon up, ribbon down) as well as different levels of stroke thickness can be selected.
     
  • The Polyline tool allows the developer to draw straight lines with angles. The color and thickness of the line can be adjusted.
     
  • The Polygon tool allows the developer to draw a polygon (any shape with 3 or more straight line segments). The fill color and line thickness can be adjusted.
     

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