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

Tip:<br />

If your bitmap is not represented correctly, this may be because of conversion to 256 colors in the editor. If<br />

necessary, these bitmaps must be created with this color palette, or the individual colors of the bitmap must be<br />

converted into <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> Color Tones.<br />

The representation could also be incorrect due to the Windows color configuration. If possible, use a screen<br />

setting with at least 32,768 colors in Windows. Otherwise, display errors can occur when bitmaps are used.<br />

4.6 Configuring Output Fields for Data<br />

<strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> offers many possibilities for displaying process variables. The following section explains<br />

these possibilities.<br />

All fields can be inserted in a desired location and then configured in the picture editor. All output fields are listed<br />

in a common toolbar menu.<br />

If this tool is selected, the following menu appears where the desired output field can be selected.<br />

The following sections describe how the different output fields can be used. Detailed descriptions about<br />

individual output fields and adjustable parameters can be found in the reference manual.<br />

Output fields can be edited using either the mouse or keyboard. Double−clicking or Alt+Enter opens the<br />

'Properties' dialog box for the respective output field. Output field size can be adjusted by clicking and dragging<br />

on its borders. An output field can be moved by clicking on it and then dragging the field itself.<br />

The following sections describe the different possibilities for outputting process variables using <strong>Visual</strong><br />

<strong>Components</strong>.<br />

4.6.1 Recommendations<br />

Output fields provided by <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> are described in this section. Similar output fields have been<br />

summarized together to allow a better overview.<br />

Basic functions for operating <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> editors and dialog boxes are not described here. Such<br />

information can be found in the following sections.<br />

• Getting Started with <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong><br />

This section contains examples which give step−by−step instructions for simple <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong><br />

tasks.<br />

• Working with <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong><br />

This section describes <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong> editors and their elements.<br />

The following sections are recommended for working with <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Components</strong>:<br />

• Displaying Texts and Numbers<br />

Describes the possibilites to use process variables in text and numeric form in the visualization<br />

application.<br />

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