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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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Docking displays to the FactoryTalk View SE Client window ..............................16– 51

Display command parameters for docking displays........................................16– 51
About the appearance and behavior of docked displays..................................16– 52
Closing docked displays ..................................................................................16– 54

Printing displays at run time ...................................................................................16– 54

17• Creating graphic objects ............................................................... 17–1

Types of graphic objects in FactoryTalk View SE ...................................................17– 1

About global objects ..........................................................................................17– 2

Setting up the properties of graphic objects ..............................................................17– 2

Setting up properties common to all objects .....................................................17– 3

Creating the different types of drawing objects ........................................................17– 4

Drawing a rectangle or square ...........................................................................17– 4
Drawing a rounded rectangle.............................................................................17– 4
Drawing a polyline or polygon ..........................................................................17– 5
Drawing an ellipse or circle...............................................................................17– 5
Drawing an arc or wedge...................................................................................17– 6
Changing the properties of drawing objects ......................................................17– 6
Creating text objects ..........................................................................................17– 7
Creating a panel .................................................................................................17– 8

Adding images into graphic displays ........................................................................17– 8

Placing images in graphic displays....................................................................17– 8
Adding images to an application .......................................................................17– 8
Importing images into graphic displays.............................................................17– 9
Pasting images into graphic displays.................................................................17– 9

Techniques for working with objects that use data ...................................................17– 9

Specifying tag names.........................................................................................17– 9
Determining which objects have input focus ..................................................17– 10
Using the keyboard to select objects that can take focus ................................17– 10
Removing objects from the tab sequence ........................................................17– 11

Creating the different types of push buttons ...........................................................17– 11

Creating button push buttons...................................................................17– 12
Creating momentary push buttons ...................................................................17– 13
Creating maintained push buttons ...................................................................17– 15
Creating latched push buttons..........................................................................17– 16
Creating multistate push buttons .....................................................................17– 17
About the run-time error state .........................................................................17– 17
Creating interlocked push buttons ...................................................................17– 17
Creating ramp push buttons .............................................................................17– 18
Creating navigation push buttons ....................................................................17– 20