Toolbar

The toolbar provides tools and commands necessary for designing and managing your macro pages.

Create New Macro Page/Library

What happens when you click this button depends on which element is selected in the Program Tree.

If a program or layer is selected, you can choose between Create Macro Page and Create HALion Sonic Macro Page.

Create Macro Page allows you to create a macro page that does not have any limitation in size.

Note
With this option, it is possible to create macro pages that cannot be displayed in their entirety in HALion Sonic or in the default screen setup of HALion, for example.
Create HALion Sonic Macro Page creates a macro page that corresponds to the size standard used in HALion Sonic and HALion Sonic SE, that is, 595x390 pixels. If you select this option, Size Lock is automatically activated so that you cannot accidentally modify the size of the macro page during the design process of the page.

If a Lua script MIDI Module is selected, a macro page is created that corresponds to the size standard used in HALion’s MIDI modules. Size Lock is automatically activated so that you cannot accidentally modify the size of the macro page during the design process of the page.

Load Macro Page

Allows you to navigate to a macro page and load it.

Save Macro Page/Library

Saves the current state of your macro page.

Export Macro Page/Library

Allows you to export the macro page, complete with all the required resources, such as bitmaps, fonts, and scripts. You can use Export Macro Page/Library to consolidate and relocate all resources for a macro page and to save them under the names defined in the macro page.

Note

The program, layer, or Lua script MIDI module from which you exported the macro page still uses the original version of the macro page. If you want to use the exported macro page instead, you must load it using the Load Macro Page button on the toolbar.

Revert to Last Saved Macro Page/Library

Reloads the macro page as it was saved the last time. Any changes made afterwards are discarded.

Cut

Cuts the selected element.

Copy

Copies the selected element to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the element from the clipboard at the current position.

Note

You can copy and paste elements between macro pages. All related resources are automatically copied as well.

Create New Element

Click this button to add a new element.

Which elements can be added depends on whether you are in the GUI Tree, the Templates Tree, or the Resources Tree.

Delete Element: Click this button to delete the selected element.

Edit Element: Click this button to edit the selected element.

Show/Hide Resource/Library Browser: Shows/Hides the Resource/Library Browser below the canvas.

Show/Hide Debug Messages: Shows/Hides the Debug Messages section below the Resource/Library Browser.

Test Macro Page

Activates test mode. This allows you to use the macro page controls as you would on the final macro page.

Undo Last Command/Redo Last Command

Allow you to undo/redo your actions.

The undo history of the Macro Page Designer is independent from HALion’s global undo history. This way, parameter changes, or modifications of the program structure, such as adding or removing modules, etc., do not interfere with the changes that you made on the macro page.