tbex Member T Join Date Feb 2014 Location Nääsville Posts 2 Feb 12, 2014 #1 I have made Twincat PLC Visu graphical interface. How can make a button which opens Windows XP Start menu? How to close Visu and shutdown PC so that Twincat also ends properly?
I have made Twincat PLC Visu graphical interface. How can make a button which opens Windows XP Start menu? How to close Visu and shutdown PC so that Twincat also ends properly?
JoanM Member J Join Date Sep 2013 Location Barcelona Posts 92 Feb 12, 2014 #2 Hi tbex, Take a look at those links: http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content...ml/tcplclibutilities_nt_shutdown.htm?id=13605 and: http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content...cplclibutilities_nt_startprocess.htm?id=13606 The first one tells you how to shut down a PC. The second one tells you how to start a process. I don't know of a direct method to open the start menu... of course this doesn't mean that there it is not there... Good luck!
Hi tbex, Take a look at those links: http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content...ml/tcplclibutilities_nt_shutdown.htm?id=13605 and: http://infosys.beckhoff.com/content...cplclibutilities_nt_startprocess.htm?id=13606 The first one tells you how to shut down a PC. The second one tells you how to start a process. I don't know of a direct method to open the start menu... of course this doesn't mean that there it is not there... Good luck!
tbex Member OP T Join Date Feb 2014 Location Nääsville Posts 2 Feb 13, 2014 #3 Thanks Joan. Now I'm able open start menu by using that start process function block and running "openstartmenu.exe" which opens start menu.
Thanks Joan. Now I'm able open start menu by using that start process function block and running "openstartmenu.exe" which opens start menu.
JoanM Member J Join Date Sep 2013 Location Barcelona Posts 92 Feb 13, 2014 #4 You are welcome! :thumbsup: