Dialog 'Updating the Frame Parameters'

Function: The dialog requests you, after changing an interface in the visualization references concerned, to re-assign the variables for the parameter transfer.

Call: The dialog appears automatically.

Requirement: You have changed the interface of a visualization, for example by adding an additional variable. After that you have selected either the menu command File ‣ Save Project or Build ‣ Build or opened a visualization.

Parameter

Hierarchical structure of the interface parameters as a tree view

Top node of the visualization hierarchy with the name of the visualization. This contains a Frame or a Tabs control.

Name of the element ( typ Frame, or Tabs)

Name of the referenced visualization

(Recent)

Interface of the referenced visualization with the new parameters

You can edit the parameter transfer here.

(Previous)

Interface of the referenced visualization with the previously valid parameters

You cannot edit the parameter transfer, but you can use it as a template.

<name>

Variable for the parameter transfer (VAR_INPUT scope)

<name>

Variable for the parameter transfer (VAR_IN_OUT scope)

Type

Data type of the variable

Example: INT

Value

Variable that is transferred as a parameter and with whose value the visualization is initialized during instantiation.

Example: PLC_PRG.iVisNr

If the variable lies under the current interface, which is marked in the tree view with (Current), then you can edit the parameter transfer.

  • Click inside an input field to open it

  • Double-click inside the field to open the input assistant

  • Adopt the settings by copying assignments in the column Value and inserting them in another cell. Use the Copy and Paste links to do this

Copy

Link to copy an assignment from the Value column.

Requirement: An assignment is selected.

Paste

Link to insert an assignment

Requirement: You have copied an assignment.

OK

Click on the button to close the dialog and confirm the changes made under (Recent).

Result: The assignment is entered in the References property and on the Interface Editor tab.

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