Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Contents
Project Explorer............................................................................................................................................................................69
Global tab..............................................................................................................................................................................69
Graphics tab..........................................................................................................................................................................70
Tasks tab...............................................................................................................................................................................71
Comm tab............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Screen/Worksheet Editor............................................................................................................................................................. 74
Database Spy...............................................................................................................................................................................75
Output (LogWin)...........................................................................................................................................................................76
Title Bar........................................................................................................................................................................................78
Status Bar.................................................................................................................................................................................... 79
CREATING A NEW PROJECT...........................................................................................................................................................80
Creating a new project................................................................................................................................................................. 81
About target platforms and product types.............................................................................................................................82
Changing the product type of an existing project..................................................................................................................84
Configuring additional project settings......................................................................................................................................... 85
Information tab......................................................................................................................................................................85
Options tab............................................................................................................................................................................86
Viewer tab............................................................................................................................................................................. 92
Communication tab...............................................................................................................................................................95
Preferences tab.....................................................................................................................................................................97
Configuring your project's default email settings..........................................................................................................................99
Configuring your project's default FTP settings......................................................................................................................... 100
Starting Modules on the Target System..................................................................................................................................... 101
Running a Project Under Windows Services............................................................................................................................. 103
TAGS AND THE PROJECT DATABASE......................................................................................................................................... 108
About Tags and the Project Database....................................................................................................................................... 109
Project Tags Folder.............................................................................................................................................................110
Classes Folder....................................................................................................................................................................111
Shared Database Folder.....................................................................................................................................................113
System Tags Folder............................................................................................................................................................ 113
Designing a Tag......................................................................................................................................................................... 115
Naming the Tag...................................................................................................................................................................115
Choosing the Tag Type....................................................................................................................................................... 115
Choosing the Tag Data Type.............................................................................................................................................. 117
Choosing the Tag Scope.....................................................................................................................................................118
Creating Database Tags.............................................................................................................................................................119
Adding Tags to the Datasheet.............................................................................................................................................119
Creating Tags "On-the-Fly"................................................................................................................................................. 120
Editing Tags........................................................................................................................................................................ 120
Creating Classes........................................................................................................................................................................122
Setting Tag Properties................................................................................................................................................................123
Understanding Tag Properties and Parameters..................................................................................................................123
Using Tag Properties: Alarms............................................................................................................................................. 124
Using Tag Properties: History............................................................................................................................................. 126
List of Tag Properties.......................................................................................................................................................... 126
Using Tags in Your Project......................................................................................................................................................... 131
Deleting a tag from the project database................................................................................................................................... 132
Using the Tags Toolbar...............................................................................................................................................................133
Global Replace................................................................................................................................................................... 133
Replace...............................................................................................................................................................................133
Remove unused tags..........................................................................................................................................................134
Reset tags database...........................................................................................................................................................135
Tag Name text box..............................................................................................................................................................136
Object Finder...................................................................................................................................................................... 136
Cross Reference.................................................................................................................................................................137
Properties............................................................................................................................................................................137
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