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B&B Electronics VFG3000 - Manual User Manual

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virtual HMI facility: In order for remote access to be allowed, the Enable expression must
evaluate to a non-zero value, and the Remote property must be set to Enabled.

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The sections below describe each available type of action. When each type is selected, the
Action Details portion of the action dialog box will change to show the available options.

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This action is used to instruct the Gateway to show a new page. The options are shown
below…

The Target Page property is used to indicate which page should be displayed.

You can either choose a specific one to be displayed, or choose Previous Page to
return to what was displayed before the current page was called.

The Show As property is used to define how the page should be displayed. Aside

from displaying it as a normal page, it can be shown as a popup page or as a
popup menu. Both types of popup are shown on top of the existing page, and
while they are displayed, the keys and touch-screen will assume the functions for
the new page. Popup menus are displayed aligned to the left of the display so as
to match up with the soft keys, while popup pages are displayed in the position
indicated by the page properties. Note that a primitive or key on the new page
must be assigned the

HidePopup()

action to remove the popup.

Note: Popups are submitted to maximum size due to graphical memory limitation. They are
created by wrapping around all the objects on the page called as a popup. If the external
square around all the objects does not follow the rules below, the popup will be truncated

Popup Window:

QVGA Display: 305 x 224 pixels max.