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Programming
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Creating objects Click on the required object in the toolbox and move the cursor to the position in the work
area where you want to place the object. Make a mouse click to position the object.
Static graphics are displayed when clicking on the work area. For dynamic objects, a
dialog opens for the current object. The object is displayed on the screen when clicking
[OK] in the object dialog.
Once the object is displayed it has handles and selection mode is active.
Selecting several
objects
Import / export symbols
Static graphic
Static graphic objects comprise
Line
Curve
Ellipsis
Rectangle
Symbol
Text
Decorations
for drawing background graphics. You can change static graphic objects into dynamic
objects by linking them to the objects on the [Dynamic signals] tab.
Dynamic objects
Dynamic objects are linked with signals to generate control and monitoring functions,
among others. For further information on defining objects, refer to chapter 7.4 "Graphic
display and control".
There are two ways of selecting several objects in the graphic block manager.
Press the left mouse button and keep it pressed down while drawing a selection
rectangle around the required objects. The last object you have created will be
displayed with filled handles.
Select the pointer from the toolbox. Hold the shift key pressed while selecting the
required objects. The last object you have selected will be displayed with filled
handles.
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