Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 25)

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Using absolute and relative references....................................................................... A– 5
How relative references are resolved.................................................................. A– 5
Creating symbols........................................................................................................ A– 6
Important guidelines ........................................................................................... A– 8
Running and building commands............................................................................... A– 8
B • Setting up DDE communications for HMI tags..............................B–1
Overview of
DDE
communications ......................................................................... B– 1
Setting up an HMI server as a DDE client ................................................................. B– 2
Creating an
HMI
tag that uses
DDE
................................................................ B– 2
Specifying Device as the data source ................................................................. B– 2
Syntax for DDE addresses .................................................................................. B– 3
Scanning for new tag values ...................................................................................... B– 3
C • Using the SE Client object model and display code.....................C–1
Customizing applications using VBA with FactoryTalk View.................................. C– 1
Summary of basic steps ...................................................................................... C– 2
About procedures................................................................................................ C– 2
How
VBA
code runs .......................................................................................... C– 3
Parts of the VBA
integrated development environment......................................... C– 3
FactoryTalk View SE Client object model ................................................................ C– 4
Viewing the objects ............................................................................................ C– 7
Finding information about FactoryTalk View SE Client objects............................... C– 8
Finding information about VBA
.......................................................................... C– 8
D • Importing and exporting XML files .................................................D–1
About XML ................................................................................................................ D– 1
Exporting graphics data to an XML file .................................................................... D– 1
Modifying exported XML files .................................................................................. D– 2
Saving XML files in Notepad............................................................................. D– 2
Testing XML files .............................................................................................. D– 2
Importing XML files .................................................................................................. D– 3
Error log file ....................................................................................................... D– 3
Importing graphic display XML files ................................................................. D– 3
Graphic display XML file structure ........................................................................... D– 4
I • Index................................................................................................... I–1