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The User Scriptable Button Palette can be created by switching to the "SmartCapture 2 Helper" application, and select "Create User Button Bar" from the "Features" menu. This will cause the following window to be created in SmartCapture.

The User Scriptable Button Palette

Each button may be configured to run a script. The first button is, by default, set up to list the scripts which are attached to the remaining nine buttons. The scripts can also be run from this list.

To assign a script to a button, place the script inside the 'Buttons' folder inside the 'Scripts' folder. Then rename your script so that it starts with a number from 2 to 10 e.g. "4 MyScript"

To remove a script from a button, simply remove the script from the 'Buttons' folder inside the 'Scripts' folder.

You can edit the script "Start Up" which is in the "Scripts" folder, to create the User Scriptable Button Palette every time the SmartCapture application starts up. You need to find the line:-

-- run script file ":Scripts:Setup Buttons DS"

and change it to:-

run script file ":Scripts:Setup Buttons"

The Function keys, Keypad and Arrow keys can be used to run Apple scripts.

To attach a script to a function key, place the script in the "Scripts" folder and rename the script "FK<n>" where <n> is the number of the function key.

E.g. "FK3" should be the name of a script that will run when function key 3 is pressed.

Summary of key names

Name	Key
FK1 to FK15	function key 1 to function key 15
KP0 to KP9	keypad 0 to keypad 9
KPClear	keypad Clear (Sometimes referred to as forward delete or NumLock on the iMac keyboard)
KPEquals	keypad "="
KPDivide	keypad "/"
KPTimes	keypad "*"
KPMinus	keypad "-"
KPPlus	keypad "+"
KPPeriod	keypad "."
LeftArrow	left arrow key
Right Arrow	right arrow key
UpArrow	up arrow key
DownArrow	down arrow key

You can assign a script to a modified key (a key pressed whilst either "Shift", "Control" and/or "Option" is held down) by:

• Prefix script name with an "S" for the Shift modifier.
• Prefix script name with an "O" for the Option modifier.
• Prefix script name with an "C" for the Control modifier.

Note: When using more than one modifier prefix ("S", "O" and "C") the modifiers must be placed in the order "S", "O" and then "C", e.g. SOFK7 is the function key 7 with the Shift and Option key held down OSFK7 will not work.

E.g. to assign a script to function key 4 with the shift key, name your script "SFK4"

• FK1 - function key 1
• KP1 - keypad 1
• OFK1 - function key 1 with the Option key held down
• SKP4 - key pad 4 with the Shift key held down
• SLeftArrow - The left arrow key with the Shift key held down
• SOFK7 - Function key 7 with the Shift and Option key held down

Note: SmartCapture 2.0 is shipped with the numeric keypad assigned to up to 12 positions of filter wheel 1. The arrow keys are assigned to move the stage. If you alter these you can revert to the original assignments by using the SmartCapture installer and selecting only the "Function Key Assignments" to install.

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