Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL User Manual
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The Objects
Chapter 10
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Importing Local Message Text
Using the text editor of your choice, create an ASCII text file of local
messages in this format:
nnn“ttt...ttt”CR
!this is a comment
nnn
=
local message number (1–875)
“ ”
=
start and end of message
ttt
=
message text (1–72 characters)
CR
=
Carriage Return (local message record
delimiter
)
!
=
comment character
Follow these guidelines in preparing your local message text file:
the message number must be between 1 and 875. The numbered
messages do not have to be created in ascending order, but the numbers
must be unique, i.e., no two messages can have the same number
the local message text must begin and end with quotation marks (”)
to include a quotation mark (”) in your message, preface it with a
second quotation mark (””)
PanelBuilder ignores any white space found outside the quotation marks
do not use any character whose ASCII code is outside the range 32–127.
See Table 10.W for details of the ASCII character set
use the comment character (!) as the first character in the line of a
comment. PanelBuilder will ignore lines that begin with the !
make sure your message text is 72 characters or less. PanelBuilder does
not truncate local messages that are too long
when you name your file, use the extension .LMG
Once you have placed a Local Message Display object on your screen,
choose Text from the Object menu, then choose Messages.