Configuring Gesture Recognition You can execute a visualization on a device that is operated by means of gestures. The visualization retains its user input configuration for mouse and keyboard operati

Configuring Text Input A visualization is usually configured so that it calls a virtual keyboard for a text input event when an input device is not available. For this purpose, the Write Variable foll

Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts You can define hotkeys and assign specific actions to them. At runtime, a visualization detects the keyboard input event and executes the action. There are different loc

Configuring the Time Axis A trend diagram displays the progression of variable values over time. For this purpose, values were stored in the Trend Recording object for each timestamp. This is the data

Displaying and Editing Text Files Using the Text Editor element, you can display a text file in the user interface and optionally allow the user to edit the file. :

Configuring the display of a text file To display a text file located on the controller, you need controls for selecting, opening, and closing the file in addition to the Text Editor element. As an op

Configuring the editing of a text file To use the Text Editor in the user interface to create or edit a text file on the controller, you need controls for selecting, opening, closing, saving, and crea

Maintaining Data Consistency for Multicore Operation By default, the IEC program of the visualization ( Visu_Prg ) runs in its own task ( VISU_TASK ). The visualization generally displays data from th

Unit Conversion You can define a conversion rule when you want to adjust data for another system of units. This data is executed for a specific order of magnitude and unit of measure. You define conve

Configuring a variable assignment with unit conversion You can link a variable which has been assigned in a visualization to a unit conversion. This has the effect that the variable value is converted