Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 528)

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You can also change an ActiveX object’s properties without using tags. If you choose this
method, the object’s properties do not change dynamically at run time.
You make static changes to an ActiveX object’s properties just as you do for any other
graphic object—in the Properties tab in the Property Panel. For more information, see
“Viewing object properties in the Property Panel” on page 16-6.
Connecting tags to an ActiveX object’s properties
ActiveX objects have sets of different properties. To view an object’s properties, right-
click the object, and then select Property Panel.
The content of the Property Panel is determined by the application that created the
ActiveX object, not by FactoryTalk View.
In the following illustration, the Property Panel is for an ActiveX check box named
CheckBox1. Clearing this check box changes an oven’s temperature control from
Automatic mode to Manual mode.
For information about a property, select the property, and then click Help.
The run-time behavior of ActiveX objects depends on the vendor’s implementation. Before
making your application available to users, test ActiveX objects thoroughly to ensure they behave
as desired.
The object’s Value
property is assigned
to the Auto tag in the
Oven folder.
This connects the
check box to an
oven’s temperature
control.
CheckBox1 is the
default name of this
object.