Implementing easter egg in InTouch WindowMaker

[SkunkaMunka]

Hello All, I am working on designing a new HMI interface using InTouch. Now I want to implement an easter egg but it's becoming quite arduous
Firstly, I created a secret button with the "open window" in animation links to produce the popup window. Trouble is the secret window is present in the windows panel. I need something more discrete.

Secondly, my plan was that you press secret button, starts timer and I have a condition script which permits a tag to be true for 3 seconds. I connect this tag to a symbol containing the secret text which uses "Open Window (or "open window/tag" in animation links I think) but it doesn't work because the "Disable Window" function doesn't conceal the window again after the timer.

My goal is: Press Secret Button --> Secret Text appears for 3 seconds --> Secret Text disappears. I have tried implementing this but I can't quite crack it.

I tried messing around with the "blink", "Orientation" and a few others in Animation Links but I feel like my inexperience in scripting is holding me back

I ask for assistance
Thanks

 

[James Mcquade]

welcome to the forum.

why are you trying to create a secret button and what purpose will it serve?
james

 

[Nova5]

Window script(while showing) on the active window, or application script(While Running)

I do something similar for a different reason, force a auto logoff of a higher level user.
Supervisor logs in, access level and displayed username changes for 5 minutes.
A "timer" is initiated. Every second the timer value is increased by 1, when it hits its trigger value the supervisor is logged out by force login of Operator.


IF TMR < 300 And $AccessLevel > 500 Then
TMR=TMR+1
Else
Login Operator.
TMR=0


That is really all you need to do to make what you want work. You just need to have a value for your secret window or text label to have its visibility controlled by in the Then and Else statement parts.

 

[I_Automation]

welcome to the forum.

why are you trying to create a secret button and what purpose will it serve?
james

2 things that come to mind:

Self-destruct mode

"OMG- WTF Did You Do?" popup

BTW - I have done both


EDIT - plus there's the Mothership Beacon

 

[SkunkaMunka]

I've got a pun in there. Just for laughs really

 

[SkunkaMunka]

Window script(while showing) on the active window, or application script(While Running)

I do something similar for a different reason, force a auto logoff of a higher level user.
Supervisor logs in, access level and displayed username changes for 5 minutes.
A "timer" is initiated. Every second the timer value is increased by 1, when it hits its trigger value the supervisor is logged out by force login of Operator.


IF TMR < 300 And $AccessLevel > 500 Then
TMR=TMR+1
Else
Login Operator.
TMR=0


That is really all you need to do to make what you want work. You just need to have a value for your secret window or text label to have its visibility controlled by in the Then and Else statement parts.

So I have a timer that starts when the secret button is pressed and for 3 seconds I have a tag which is equal to 1 in a condition script. I attach this tag to the "Visibility" heading of the text symbol. This doesn't make the secret text visible for 3 seconds ONLY

My assumption is that as long as the tag controlling "Visibility" is = 1, the symbol text will be visible. Is this correct?

Are you able to produce a sample script to perform this function
(Also if you can utilise a text box instead of a separate window, that would be great)

Thanks

 

[Nova5]

For mine the 6000 is adapted to the current timing the original programmer. They had it executing every 100ms. SO make it work the way I wanted I just had to work with their frequency.
With this I start tracking the logged in time of the high level user..
---
IF TMR < 6000 AND $AccessLevel > 500 THEN
TMR = TMR+1;
ENDIF;
---

here I watch for the expire point of the timer as long as the user is higher than Operator.
---
IF TMR>=6000 AND $AccessLevel > 500 THEN
$OperatorEntered = "Operator";
$PasswordEntered = "Operator";
TMR=0;
ENDIF;
---


You just need to to work in the Else. And set your secondary check via your command button/secret spot to 1. Replace my Access level with your secondary check variable. Use that to show a popup window.

But also... put a close button on that popup. Otherwise you will honk your users off when they have something interfering with their operation.

to zero the timer on a logout via the logout button i just have tmr=0; along with the same operator login lines.