QuickPads

A QuickPad is a small window that you can load during a session. QuickPads can contain text, buttons, bitmaps, icons, and other graphic elements. The buttons and icons on QuickPads can be linked to any of the Actions available in the Select Action Dialog Box.

InfoConnect Desktop supports QuickPad and toolbar files created with Extra! and earlier versions of InfoConnect. Toolbars are imported as QuickPads that open in a QuickPad window docked on the top of the session window.

To create a QuickPad

Open the Document Settings dialog box.

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser	With a session open, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
TouchUX	With a session open, tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.
Classic MDI	With a session open, go to Options > Settings

Under Terminal Appearance, click Manage QuickPads.
Click Create a new QuickPad.
Use the QuickPad Designer to configure your QuickPad.
Click OK. Use the Save As dialog box to save your QuickPad file (*.rqpx).

To add a QuickPad to your session

From the Manage QuickPads dialog box, click QuickPad Selection.
In the Available QuickPads list, select the QuickPad and click OK.

The QuickPad is now set to display when you open new sessions using this document.

Manage QuickPads Dialog Box

Getting to the Manage QuickPads dialog box

Open the Document Settings dialog box.

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser	With a session open, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
TouchUX	With a session open, tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.
Classic MDI	With a session open, go to Options > Settings

In the Settings dialog box, under User Interface, click Manage QuickPads.

This dialog box shows the QuickPads displayed for the current session and enables you to create new QuickPads.

NOTE:

InfoConnect Desktop supports QuickPad and toolbar files created with Extra! and earlier versions of InfoConnect. Toolbars are imported as QuickPads that open in a QuickPad window docked on the top of the session window.
If you close a QuickPad during a session, it is not displayed when you reopen the session. Use the procedure above to view the QuickPad.

Select QuickPads

Opens the QuickPad Selection dialog box.

The QuickPad Selection list shows:

QuickPads files you have created and saved using InfoConnect Desktop.
QuickPad (.eqp) files and toolbar (.etb) files in the INFOCNEE\Schemes directory.
QuickPad (.eqp) files and toolbar (.etb) files in the Default Legacy EXTRA! directory specified in the Configure Workspace Attributes Dialog Box.

These files must be in trusted locations.

Modify QuickPads

Opens the QuickPad Selection dialog box. Select an item and click Edit to open the selected QuickPad in the QuickPad Designer.

Create New QuickPad

Opens the QuickPad Designer, which you can use to create and save a new QuickPad.