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Screens and Graphics
3. Click Save. The Symbol file is saved chosen location and the Symbol is displayed in System Symbols
directory of the Library.
Saving your own project symbols
Saving a Symbol
A Symbol is a set of one or more Objects that is saved to the Symbols folder (in the Graphics tab of the Project
Explorer), so that you can reuse it again and again in your projects.
Every time you reuse a Symbol, you actually make a copy that is linked to the master Symbol file in the
Symbols folder. (These linked copies are also called "instances" of the Symbol.) Thereafter, if you make any
changes to the Master Symbol, then those changes automatically propagate to every linked copy in every
project.
You can customize each linked copy of the Master Symbol by defining Custom Properties. For example, when
you create a gauge that displays tank levels and then save that gauge as a Master Symbol, you can define
Custom Properties on the Symbol that will allow each linked copy to display the level of a different tank.
Creating a Master Symbol
Symbols Folder in the Graphics Tab
To create a master Symbol and save it to the Symbols folder:
1. Design your Symbol just as you would normally draw a project screen, using any combination of Static
and Active Objects. For example, three check boxes in a rectangular pane:
Drawing Objects in a Screen
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