Selecting a Drawing Tool

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You can either use the Draw menu or select one of the drawing tools from the tool bar:

Drawing Tool	Toolbar Button	Cursor	Description
Select			Selects one or multiple screen objects.
Line			Draws a line.
Rectangle			Draws a rectangle.
Rounded Rectangle			Draws a rounded rectangle.
Ellipse			Draws an ellipse.
Image			Draws an image from a bitmap file.
Text			Draws static text.
Scale			Draws a scale.
Data Item			Draws dynamic data items as defined in your block definition file.
Command Button			Draws a command button.

Once you've selected a drawing tool the according submenu in the Draw menu will be checked and the toolbar button will be depressed. The following picture shows the drawing tool 'Data Item' selected: