I need to select the correct size memory card for my PanelView 1000 Color Touchscreen terminal. How do I determine the size of the program I have written? Is it as simple as looking at the file size in Windows Explorer?
It'll be hard to get a card that's too small... the PanelView applications can only be a maximum of about 1 megabyte.
I use SanDisk compact-flash cards that slide into Type II PCMCIA carriers with PanelView Standard terminals; they work great at a low cost (about $40 for a 16 or 32 MB card, $12 for the carrier).
When you validate a program file in PanelBuilder32 it should show you the application program size.
Pretty close! When you save a file using PanelBuilder you get a .PVB file. This is the uncompiled documented version of your program. When you download the program to your PanelView terminal that file has to be compiled to a .PVA file. That is the file actually transferred to your PanelView terminal.
So when you save in PanelBuilder try using Save As and save it as a .PVA (that is an option in the Save As window). Then look at the file size. That is the size of the actual file transferred to the terminal.