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Exploring FactoryTalk View Studio Chapter 2
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Opening component editors
Use the editors in FactoryTalk View Studio to create or modify application
components. Editors are represented by icons in the Explorer window, or by
items in menus.
To open an editor, use one of these methods:
Double-click on one of the components in an application (for example,
a display).
Drag the editor’s icon from the E
xplorer to the workspace.
Right-
click the editor’s icon, and then click New or Open.
Tip: If the editor can create multiple components, the shortcut
menu contains New. If the editor can only open a single
component, the menu contains Open.
From the Tools or Settings menu, select the editor you want to open.
Following is a list of FactoryTalk View SE editors and their functions. If you
can open an editor from the FactoryTalk View Studio menu bar, the name of
the menu is noted.
To do this
Use this editor
Set up runtime security accounts for FactoryTalk View, assign
security codes to users and groups, and assign login and logout
macros.
Runtime Security (Settings menu)
Assign security codes to FactoryTalk View commands and macros. Runtime Secured Commands (Settings menu)
Specify the type of system activity to be logged and where, when,
and how it will be logged.
TIP: The settings you specify in this editor apply only to the
he
computer you are using.
Diagnostics Setup (Tools menu)
For HMI tag alarms only, specify what, where, when, and how
alarm activity is to be logged.
TIP: The settings you specify in this editor apply only to the
he
computer you are using, and only if the computer contains an HMI
server.
HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup (Tools menu)
Add languages to an application, set up a default language, and
export and import text strings.
Languages (Tools menu)
Open a command line to run FactoryTalk View commands and
macros.
Command Line
Create HMI tags and set up HMI tag alarms.
Tags
Create graphic displays and global object displays, or open the
graphic libraries to use the library objects.
Graphics (Displays, Global Objects, or Libraries icon)
Add images to an application that are to be used repeatedly in
graphic displays.
Images
Create parameter files, to specify tags whose values will replace
tag placeholders in graphic displays at run time.
Parameters
Create recipe files to specify values for input and display objects in
graphic displays.
Recipes