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CONFIGURING THE COLOR VIRTUAL HMI
PRIMITIVE DESCRIPTIONS
• The Fill Format properties are used to define the background pattern for the
primitive. Note that if you want to animate the primitive in any way, you should
specify some sort of background color so that the system can erase old images.
• The Line Format properties are used to define the primitive’s outline style.
The final tab of the primitive’s properties is used to define an optional action that can be
triggered when the operator touches the image. You are referred to the earlier section on
assigning actions to primitives for more details of how to configure this functionality.
THE CF IMAGE PRIMITIVE
The CF Image primitive is only available via Insert > Picture > CF Image menu. This
primitive is used to display images saved on the CompactFlash card thus saving internal
memory on large databases.
Images have to be converted before their transfer on the CompactFlash card using the
makepic utility, the primitive is not made to display BMP or other image formats straight
from the card. Please refer to Converting Images for the CompactFlash below for more
information on the makepic utility. Moreover, converted images HAVE TO be saved under
the \PICS folder on the CompactFlash card to be available to the primitive.
The properties of the CF Image primitive are displayed on two tabbed pages, the first of
which is shown below…
• The Image Selection property is used to select the image to display from the
CompactFlash card. This setting is an integer number given by the MakePic
utility when converting from BMP only to the format required on the
CompactFlash card.
• The Show Image property is a true-or-false value used to hide or show the image.
If you want the image to be hidden, you must not select No Fill for the
background when defining the background format.
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