Saving The Screen; Selecting The Application Startup Screen; Visual Designer Toolbars For Screen Objects - Eaton XV-102 Series Quick Start Manual

XV Operator Interface Models
with Visual Designer
After inserting a new screen, a Screen Attributes dialog box will
appear. Simply click the OK button in the lower right corner, and you
will be creating a standard screen. Normally, you will place various
Visual Designer Objects on the Screen. Later, when you go to save
the screen, Visual Designer will prompt you for the Screen Name
and will save it with a .SCR file extension, signifying it as a Screen
file. Note that screen default resolution will be the standard applica-
tion default resolution as specified when the application was cre-
ated.

3.5.2 Saving the Screen

Once you have placed some Visual Designer Objects on the Screen,
you need to save the Screen. This can be done by using one of three
methods:
In the Menu Bar, click on File, then select Save As if this is a new
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Screen. Otherwise select Save if the Screen already exists and
you are just saving the latest change (or you can click on the Save
icon or right click on the Screen name (above the Screen) and
select Save). If the Screen in a new Screen, you will be prompted
to enter a file name for the Screen. The Screen will be saved as a
Display File with a .SCR extension. All screen files are automati-
cally saved in the application folder in the \Screen
Left click
to Save or
Save As
Right-click on
display tab
Below is an example of the dialog box to define the file name for the
Screen. This dialog box will appear when you select Save or Save
As when the Screen has not been previously been saved, or if you
select Save As with an existing Screen.
Will use default
screen resolu-
tion specified
when the
application was
created.
All screen files are automatically saved in the \Screen subfolder in the
N ote:
Click the OK
application folder. Screen files need to be stored in this subfolder. Do not
button to cre-
locate them into another subfolder.
ate a Standard
Screen

3.5.3 Selecting the Application Startup Screen

To specify the Screen that will be opened automatically when your
application runtime is started. This Screen can be specified in one of
two ways:
Open the Screens folder. Place your mouse on the specific
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Screen you want to use as your startup Screen and right click.
You will see an option appear that allows you to Set as Startup.
Choose this option.
In the Ribbon's Project tab, select Viewer. There is a dialog box
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next to "Startup Screen" with a pull down list of all your Screens.
Select the Screen you want as your startup Screen.

3.5.4 Visual Designer Toolbars for Screen Objects

Visual Designer provides a number of Objects accessible from the
Graphic tab of the Ribbon that can be used with Screens to display
and set tag values, provide Dynamic Properties to the Objects, and
other functions. This section of the Training Manual reviews some
of these Objects and Properties. Specifically, in this section we will
review a few of the following Objects and Properties. For details
on those which aren't covered in this Quick Start Guide refer to the
Visual Designer Help files or Technical Reference manual:
Shapes
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Line, Ellipse (includes the Ellipse, Chord, Arc, and Ring), Rounded
Rectangle, Rectangle, Button, Text, Open Polygon, and Closed
Polygon.
Active Objects
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Text, Button, Pushbutton, Check Box, Radio Button, Combo Box,
List Box, Smart Message
Editing Toolbar
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Selection, Disable Drag, Replace, Properties, Grid, Undo, Arrange
Animations
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Command, Bar Graph, Text Data Link, Position (and Visibility),
Resize, Rotation, Color, and Hyperlink
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