Menus in the operator screen editor

Main menus in the operator screens

The Control Expert menu bar is identical for all tools accessible from the project browser. This is a contextual bar; in other words the commands accessible via the menus depend on the element (window, graphic object, etc.) that is activated when the menu is scrolled down.

The commands of the operator screen editor can be accessed via the menus:

Edit which enable the creation or modification of the operator screens,
View is used to define screen properties (background color, size, etc.),
Services for choosing the editing tool, selecting an animated object, etc.

Edit menu

Commands that can be accessed in the Edit menu are.

Field	Description
Undo all	Undoes all changes made in the screen since the last validation.
Enable	Validates all changes made in the screen since the last validation.
Cancel	Cancels the last completed change.
Redo	Re-performs the changes previously cancelled by a command Cancel.
Cut	Deletes from the screen the selected item(s) and places it (them) on the clipboard.
Copy	Copies the selected item(s) and places it (them) on the clipboard.
Paste	Pastes the content of the clipboard on the screen.
Delete	Deletes from the screen the selected item(s), without copying them in the clipboard.
Select all	Selects all the items contained in the screen
New	Sub-menu from which you may select: Line: Create a line Rectangle: Create a rectangle Ellipse: Create an ellipse Curve: Create a curve Polygon: Create a closed polygon Text: Create texts Image: incorporation of an image Screen browsing: Create an inter-screen browser button Controls: Creating a driving object (command) of type: button checkbox entry field counter cursor explicit exchanges
Select mode	Select one or several objects.
Align	Sub-menu from which you may select: Top: Upper alignment Bottom: Lower alignment Left: Left alignment Right: Right alignment
Flip	Sub-menu from which you may select: Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal
Group	Grouping of objects.
Ungroup	Ungrouping of objects.
Order	Sub-menu from which you may select: Foreground: Placing in the foreground Background: Placing in the background
Properties	Is used to define properties of the selected item: color, frame, piloted variable, related text, etc.
Information	Displays information specific to the selected object: type of item, position, size, related variable.

Display menu

Commands accessible from the View menu are as follows.

Field	Description
Full screen	Full screen display of the graphics editor window.
Open model used	Enables user to open the model if it is used in the current screen.
Screen properties	Is used to define the properties of the active screen: screen name, background color, family, etc.

Services Menu

The commands accessible from the Services Menu areas follows.

Field	Description
Animation	Starts or stops the animation of the operator screen
Enable variable modification	Authorizes the user to modify the variables in the PLC from the command items.
Driving via the PLC	Used to drive the screens with the PLC. The PLCs requirements are taken into account by means of a variable defined in the advanced parameters. Since the screen is called up by the PLC, editing and modification of the configuration parameters are disabled.
Driving via the operator	Used to drive the screens via the Operator. The requirements of the PLC are disabled, it is the operator who selects the screen that he wants to view.
Previous animated object	Selects the previous animated object.
Next animated object	Selects the next animated object.
Initialize search	Used to create a list of cross references for variables associated with objects selected.
Initialize animation table	Used to create an animation table made up of the variables associated with selected items.

Important

Right clicking can be used to gain direct access to the functions available for the current context. This is the contextual menu.

In online mode, all commands are available if they have not been disabled.

Multi-instantiation

The operator screen editor is used to open several windows (instances) to open simultaneously. Each window contains a different screen. The keyboard command Ctrl + Tab is used to switch between windows. Even if several windows are open, only a single tool bar is displayed and acts on the active window alone.

The full screen display is only used to view one screen.