GFX file

[angi]

Hi guys

there are some question about GFX file in PV+ application:
1. the screen is saved as .GFX file, i need to send the display to client, but they do not have the FT View Studio to open the file, could i chang GFX to JPG, how to do that?
2. i am using FT View studio to configurate a HMI terminator, where do the GFX file be saved on my PC?


thanks

 

[cwal61]

open the screen on your computer and use the print screen button then open Paint and paste. Then save Paint file as a JPEG and send that.

Note: Using the Alt + Print Screen will Print only active screen on computer. Using the just the Print Screen will copy everything shown on you desktop.

 

[Ken Roach]

The *.GFX files contain individual Displays: the Display size and shape and behavior, all the graphical objects, and all of their configuration settings. They're stored in a specific project folder in the project directory by FactoryTalk View Studio.

In general you don't have to manually manipulate them or move them around, but you could take a GFX file from one project and insert it into another. That's one way to "sharing" or moving a Display from one project to another.

What exactly do you mean by "send the display to the client" ?

If the Client does not have FactoryTalk View, the GFX file is of no use to them.

If they just want to see what the Display looks like, I agree: take a screenshot using Alt-PrintScreen.