V 10.00.01
Patch 9
I was wanting to make an analog process variable display global object but I guess that is not a good idea.
We are doing this no database thing and it looks like you can’t get an analog’s units or decimal precision from the PLC blocks they are using so…
Right now I’m just using a numeric display with a string display right next to it for the units but it seems like a nightmare. It looks like you can use a variable for decimal places but what about field length? I guess like everything else text related you have to make a really big text box so text is not clipped and will stay left/right/center justified when you change the text. Was hoping to plug all these into global object parameters.
The way FTV handles text is so odd. You can make stuff left/right/center justified but can mostly not make use of it as everything really has a lower left anchor. I just changed my field length on a few right justified numeric displays and they all extended to the right messing up their placement.
Thanks.
Patch 9
I was wanting to make an analog process variable display global object but I guess that is not a good idea.
We are doing this no database thing and it looks like you can’t get an analog’s units or decimal precision from the PLC blocks they are using so…
Right now I’m just using a numeric display with a string display right next to it for the units but it seems like a nightmare. It looks like you can use a variable for decimal places but what about field length? I guess like everything else text related you have to make a really big text box so text is not clipped and will stay left/right/center justified when you change the text. Was hoping to plug all these into global object parameters.
The way FTV handles text is so odd. You can make stuff left/right/center justified but can mostly not make use of it as everything really has a lower left anchor. I just changed my field length on a few right justified numeric displays and they all extended to the right messing up their placement.
Thanks.