Display And Control Of Windows - Omron NT31 Operation Manuals

Display and Control of Windows

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Display and Control of Windows

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8-4-1 Opening/Closing/Moving a Window
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A window means a partial screen which can be displayed on the presently dis-
played screen (base screen).
A window can be created by registering a screen under a screen number from 1 to
3999 as a "window screen".
This section describes the following types of operation which can be performed for
a window.
- Opening/closing/moving a window
- Checking the display status of a window
- Disabling/enabling the opening of a window
- Window screen is called "window/keyboard screen" at the Support Tool.
- Window has the following two types.
Global window :
Local window :
The NT31/NT31C provides the following methods to open/close/move a window.
- Pressing a touch switch that has the "input key-window/keyboard" function.
(Opening/closing are possible)
- Pressing a touch switch that has the "cursor moving key" function. (window
opening only)
- Pressing a touch switch that has the "window moving key" function. (window
moving only)
- Controlling the window by the operation of the window control area from the
host (Window opening/closing/moving are possible)
- Setting "Load Local 1 (Keyboard)", "Load Local 2" screen attribute for a stan-
dard screen and perform screen switch. (window opening only)
- If "1" (disable) is set for the "window opening" PT status control bit, it is not pos-
sible to open a window by operation at the NT31/NT31C. (Closing of a window
is allowed.)
- If the window for which "open" is specified is not a window screen, the window
open command is disregarded.
- When creating a screen with the Support Tool, it is possible to designate a win-
dow which is opened at the same time the screen is displayed (set with the "Load
Window/Keyboard Screen" attribute of Screen Property).
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