Besides adding Control Pages as a means to organize the Surface, Popups allow specified controls, or groups of controls, to be hidden or revealed on a given Control Page. Specifying the affected controls, and providing Popup buttons is done via the Property Sheet.
First, select the control(s) to be affected and assign EnablePopup (1-Yes) under the Display Attributes tab in the Property Sheet. Assign ShowCloseButton (1-Yes) if individual controls should have dedicated Close (hide) buttons.
Place a Button or Hotspot control. Then, assign DSP Block Type (Application) and Service (Open Popups) under the Data Attributes tab in the Property Sheet.
The Popup Button may be password protected by assigning Enable Popup Password (1-Yes) and entering a Popup Password.
Select the elipsis (...) to the right of Popups to provide a list of enabled controls on that page. Check which controls are to be revealed with this Popup Button. A master Close (hide) button for all enabled controls on that page may also be created by placing a Popup Button with none of the enabled controls checked.
One example of using Popup Buttons is when there are multiple channels to be controlled, such as in a large mixing environment. Instead of displaying identical controls for several channels, the controls for each channel may be assigned to a dedicated Popup Button. The channel controls can then be overlaid, so that only one channel is revealed at a time, but in the same location. Next to this single 'channel strip' of controls, are the Popup Buttons that select which channel is currently accessible.