I am creating a global object in FTView SE 13. I want to have a string read from the PLC and display (in this case the tagname). So lets say I have a rectangle and on it I put the string and then I group them to create my global object.
If I use Objects -> Numeric and String -> String Display I can set the set the properties to something like this {[BOP]HMI_TAGs[#3]}. I can group with the rectangle paste into a graphic and right click -> tag substitution and replace #3 with my array dimension number and it works. But I cannot format the string. I want to change the Font and Font size. Cannot figure out how to do that on a String Display.
If I use Drawing -> Text. I can insert a variable and put my tag in /*S:0 {[BOP]HMI_TAGs[#3]}*/ with no errors. When I group it with the rectangle and then paste it into a graphic as a global object I don't get any thing under right click ->tag substitution. If I test the graphic the parameter popup will come up and require a value for parameter #3.
So in one case I cannot format the String but the tag subsitution works with String Display in the other case I can format the text but I cannot populate the tag subsitution prior to runtime because for some reason it is not seeing the parameter in the text variable.
anyone run into this and have a solution?
If I use Objects -> Numeric and String -> String Display I can set the set the properties to something like this {[BOP]HMI_TAGs[#3]}. I can group with the rectangle paste into a graphic and right click -> tag substitution and replace #3 with my array dimension number and it works. But I cannot format the string. I want to change the Font and Font size. Cannot figure out how to do that on a String Display.
If I use Drawing -> Text. I can insert a variable and put my tag in /*S:0 {[BOP]HMI_TAGs[#3]}*/ with no errors. When I group it with the rectangle and then paste it into a graphic as a global object I don't get any thing under right click ->tag substitution. If I test the graphic the parameter popup will come up and require a value for parameter #3.
So in one case I cannot format the String but the tag subsitution works with String Display in the other case I can format the text but I cannot populate the tag subsitution prior to runtime because for some reason it is not seeing the parameter in the text variable.
anyone run into this and have a solution?
