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Introduction to <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> 2.3<br />

With AT keyboard support, a lot of time can be saved by the simplified input of texts and numbers,<br />

especially during the startup phase. In this way, the operator panel can be laid out more to the operation<br />

specifications of the machine when an AT keyboard is used during initial operations. By default, <strong>Visual</strong><br />

<strong>Components</strong> supports German and English (US) keyboard formats. Other formats can be defined as<br />

needed.<br />

(See Keys, LED, and Touch Support)<br />

• Importing and Exporting Projects and Parts of Projects<br />

<strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> now supports importing and exporting of projects and parts of projects; work<br />

invested can be more easily reused in new projects than previously. All components from the <strong>Visual</strong><br />

<strong>Components</strong> tree view can be individually or collectively exported and imported. Dependencies are<br />

taken into consideration automatically so that exporting can never be incomplete. Exporting and<br />

importing take place in XML format; naturally, exporting and importing text in ASCII format is available.<br />

(See Importing and Exporting)<br />

4.1.5 New Functions in <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> 2.1<br />

The following functions are available beginning with Version 2.1.<br />

• Project Creation with Color Display<br />

Process pictures shown using the color possibilities of the target system. Possibility to use a variable to<br />

control the colors (16 bit value − high byte foreground, low byte background color). This allows visibility<br />

to be controlled during runtime, and blink effects can be created.<br />

• Expanded Font Possibilities<br />

'True Type Fonts' are supported on the graphic target system. Any fonts and symbols from Windows<br />

can be integrated into a project. The fonts are always shown with fixed character widths on the<br />

visualization device − proportional fonts are converted respectively. It should be noted that some fonts<br />

are copyrighted.<br />

• Status Variables<br />

Object display can be switched on and off (bit 0) using status variables. Input can also be locked during<br />

runtime (bit 1). For INA Client communication, an 'Edit' bit was added (bit 15 − set or cleared by the<br />

interpreter while an entry field is being edited).<br />

• Screen Saver<br />

Any process picture can be defined as a screen saver and displayed automatically after a set delay.<br />

• Uniform Input and Output Fields<br />

Assigning explicit data types is no longer necessary when configuring input and output fields. There are<br />

only numeric and alphanumeric input and output fields. The scaling size is automatically set.<br />

• Variable Scaling<br />

Scaling and value limitation for fields can take place using variables.<br />

• SVGA / XGA<br />

In addition to existing VGA panels (640x480), SVGA (800x600) and XGA (1024x768) panels can also<br />

be configured with up to 256 colors.<br />

• Editor − Grid Functions<br />

4.1.5 New Functions in <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> 2.1 217

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