This assumes you are working with an installed & licensed Build-A-Board. For the tech item on How To install/license Build-A-Board, please see QC2019120945

Note that you can use Shift-F8 for many available Key Images - this example is for using your own set of created key images.

This example with use the Function Keys Bar layout & Save As to create a separate layout that we will modify.

1) Run Build-A-Board, open the Function Keys Bar layout, then use the File Menu | Save As and save as Function Keys Bar Custom

2) Edit | Select All, then right-click on a Key, Properties and change Key Type to HiRes - this will change background to default 3D gray image - Build and Test to see layout.

3) Windows File Explorer to open SOURCE folder - Shift-F11 / up 2 levels, SOURCE, then Function Keys Bar Custom folder, e.g. C:\Users\Public\Documents\Build-A-Board\SOURCE\Function Keys Bar Custom\

4) Now, it gets a bit more involved. To override the default Hi Resolution image, appropriate bitmap images must be dropped into the source folder. For a ready-to-go set, we can grab an existing set from the default Key Images included - using Windows File Explorer, you can go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Build-A-Board\BIN\KEYIMAGES, and select a folder to copy to a new folder and then modify. Just follow the format of each folder - note Administrator privileges needed to add files here. As another approach not requiring this privilege, we can use the existing Themes available for My-T-Soft Professional from the IMG Developer's kit. Your customized key images can be created and used, as long as they adhere to the design guidelines - UP images, DOWN images, each with a white background and a black background mask - e.g. IMGKEYUPW.BMP, IMGKEYUPB.BMP, IMGKEYDOWNW.BMP, IMGKEYDOWNB.BMP. To get the IMG Developer's Kit, get to the Developer's Corner Downloads: https://www.imgpresents.com/corner/imgdevd1.htm

5) Download latest at top of list. Open zip file with Windows File Explorer, and drill into it to find THEMES folder, right-click on THEMES folder, select Copy, then go to Documents folder (or Desktop) and Paste

6) Open desired folder. In our example, we will use CIRCLE_GRAY (Documents\THEMES\CIRCLE_GRAY). You will note the file names are close, but not exact. So we will rename here - all 4 files, from KEYDOWNW.BMP to IMGKEYDOWNW.BMP, etc. It is required that the 4 files are:

• IMGKEYUPW.BMP
• IMGKEYUPB.BMP
• IMGKEYDOWNW.BMP
• IMGKEYDOWNB.BMP

7) Select all 4 files, Copy, then go to SOURCE\Function Keys Bar Custom, and Paste

8) Edit | Select All, then right-click on a Key, Properties and change Frame Type to Key Images - this will change background to custom images - Build and Test to see layout with custom keys.

Notes:

• Depending on product, release version, OS version, and specific technical issue, some tech items are very specific, and some may span to other products/versions
• Downloadable files can also be accessed by anonymous FTP at ftp://downloads.imgpresents.com
• Older files are moved into a separate archive location - see notes/details/new location in *.archived.txt text file

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