Screen Concept; Screen Types - Omron NB-series Operation Manual

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Screen Concept

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Screen Types

The project of the NB-Designer is composed of multiple screens. There are 3 types of screen, i.e. Base
Screen, Common Sheet and Menu Screen. The Base Screen after its size is changed can also be used
as Pop-up Screen. All the screen can be used as the Sheet Screen.
Base Screen
This is the common-type screen. When Base Screen is switched by using "Screen switching"
command, the current screen will be cleared (All the screen rather than Common Sheet and Menu
Screen will be cleared.), and Base Screen to be switched to will be displayed in the current screen.
When the component in Base Screen calls the pop-up screens out, the original information in Base
Screen will be reserved, and the called pop-up screen will be attached to the current Base Screen.
The master-slave relationship is between Base Screen and all of related pop-up screens. When
Base Screen N is switched to Base Screen M, all of the sub-screens of Base Screen N will be closed
while Base Screen M and its sub-screens will be displayed. Base Screen must cover the whole
screen.
Menu Screen
Menu Screen is the screen called by pressing the button of Menu Screen while the task-bar is
displayed, and it will be always displayed in the screen until the operation button makes it hidden.
Therefore, it can be used to put screen-switching button or some other common components. The
default Menu Screen is Frame 2. When the other screen is set as Menu Screen, the size of that
screen must be same as that of Menu Screen.
Common Sheet
Common Sheet will always be displayed in the screen, and the components to be displayed forever
can be put in Common Sheet. In this way, you can see the state of this component or operate this
component at any time. The default Common Sheet is Frame 1. You can use [Change Common
Sheet] function key to switch the other screen as the current Common Sheet, but only one screen
can be used as the current Common Sheet.
Sheet Screen
3 Sheet Screens (max.) can be set for the screen in [Screen Property] dialog box. Sheet Screen is
generally used to put some common components such as background graphics, charts and titles
and so on for the multiple components. Each screen can be set as Sheet Screen.
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