Technical Note #65: GE PMCS App Note 65 Page 1 of 1
Technical Note #65: GE PMCS App Note 65 Page 1 of 1
Technical Note #65: GE PMCS App Note 65 Page 1 of 1
Product The trend button on the tabular datasheet of the device wizards shipped with CIMPLCITY PMCS
Information package opens the screen specified in the configuration page of the wizard in a new window. The
user, however, may want to exploit the full capability of CIMPLICITY and may want to open an
‘Overlay Screen’ or configure the position of the screen that opens. This application note describes
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how a user may reconfigure the existing ‘Trend’ button on the tabular sheet of the device wizards.
'Virtual' Demo 2. Go to the screen properties by selecting ‘Screen properties’ from the ‘Format’ menu.
Glossary of 3. Select the ‘Procedures’ tab from the available property pages.
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4. Select the ‘Trend’ procedure from the list and press Edit. In case of ECM. EMVTD and
EMVTC wizards, select OpenTrend procedure)
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5. Change the existing Action type from ‘Invoke script’ to ‘Open Screen’ or ‘Overlay Screen’
Contact Us as desired. An ‘Open Screen’action opens the specified CIMPLICITY screen as a new
window and retains the old window while an ‘Overlay Screen’opens the specified
Search screen in the same window, and closes the old window.
6. Supply the name of the trend screen that you want to open and optionally configure the other
parameters associated with the screen transfers. For a detailed description of the
attributes associated with screen transfers, refer to the document GFK-1396B --
CIMPLICITY HMI for Windows NT and Windows 95 CimEdit Operation Manual. This
manual can be viewed from the CIMPLICITY Book Reader which can be installed from
CIMPLICITY HMI CD..
7. This changed screen could be saved back in the symbols directory so it could be reused.
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