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Creating configuration file as ASCII file
Dialogs can contain, for example, the following elements:
● Input/output fields (variables) with
● Images
● Tables
● Softkey menus
Search sequence for configuration files
● HMI Embedded sl on NCU
● HMI Advanced
See also
Search function principle (Page 6-10)
2.1.3 Structure of configuration file
Overview
A configuration file consists of the following elements:
● Description of the start softkeys
● Definition of dialogs
● Definition of variables
● Description of the blocks
● Definition of a softkey menu
Expanding the user interface
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– Short text
– Graphic text
– Text for units
For HMI Embedded sl as well as ShopMill and ShopTurn on NCU, the system searches
for the configuration files by accessing the relevant directories of the CF card.
A setting can be made in file COMMON.COM in the standard cycle directory/user cycle
directory of HMI Embedded sl to specify whether a configuration file search should be
carried out each time access is attempted (only relevant when the dialogs are being set
up directly on the control) or if the file already located and buffered should be reused
(corresponds to the standard operating scenario).
With HMI Advanced, the system starts by searching for the configuration files in the user
cycle directory and then looks in the manufacturer cycle directory followed by the
standard cycle directory.
Programming
2.1 Getting started
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