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Created by: NickM at: 5/25/2007 11:54 PM (11 Replies)

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5/25/2007 11:54 PM	Rate (0)
NickM Posts: 25 Rating: (9)	In a WinCC application I am working on, in runtime I want to open a picture window from another picture window, but keep both open at the same time. I have it now where they toggle back and forth, but not with both open. Any ideas?
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5/26/2007 3:48 PM	Rate (0)
Danielle Posts: 1275 Rating: (123)	Hi, mmm... we have Picture Windows within picture windows...you just gotta address them correctly, if you're gonna openwith a script... Did you implemment this yet? What kind of problems did you run into exactly? Best regards, Danielle
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5/29/2007 9:07 AM	Rate (0)
Ikkezelf Posts: 1084 Rating: (72)	Please explain in more detail what you are trying to achieve and how it should work. with regards, Ikkezelf
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5/29/2007 4:18 PM	Rate (0)
NickM Posts: 25 Rating: (9)	I have created a faceplate for monitoring the parameters in a PID loop. This is in a picture window that acts like a popup on the screen. I activate the picture window from one of my main screens. Inside of the picture window, I have a pushbutton that I want to bring up another picture window that is like a popup, that has the tuning parameters for the PID loop. I'm not using scripts at the moment, just a event on a mouse action on the pushbutton. I want both picture windows open at the same time, so the operator can watch the PID loop parameters, while he tunes the loop. Right now, clicking on the pushbutton closes the'faceplate' picture window, and it opens the 'tuning' picture window. It's acting like only one picture window can be open at a time.
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5/29/2007 4:32 PM	Rate (0)
Danielle Posts: 1275 Rating: (123)	Hi, As I said, we have Picture windows within picture windows which work just fine. They're usually for objects' command boxes... Your faceplate must be a screen containing a picture window with the tuning parameters, with a static display property set to "Yes". You can then only change the "Picture Name" property, to switch between tuning screens. Is this what you need? This way the faceplate would always be the same, and within it there would always be a parameter screen open, but you could change the tuning screen to be opened... So.. when you click the button which activates the faceplate you'd have to set the faceplate's name and visibility, if necessary, and make sure to address correctly the tunning window's properties, remembering it's an object within the faceplate. Best regards, Danielle
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5/29/2007 6:38 PM	Rate (0)
NickM Posts: 25 Rating: (9)	Sorry, that's not quite what I'm looking for... I'm not describing it very well. Let me try again. I'm trying toopen a second picture window on the the main (displayed) screen from a push button on the first picture window. Do I need a script to do this? Or can I use an internal tag that is associated with the display property of the second picture window, and can be written to by clicking on the push button of the first picture window? Sorry for all the confusion.
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5/29/2007 8:19 PM	Rate (0)
Danielle Posts: 1275 Rating: (123)	Oh! I got it... sorry for the misunderstanding... You can, as you said, make the second picture window's display property dynamic. You could do it with an internal tag, which would be set through the button in the other picture window. Or you could simply set the display property to 1 or 0... But remember this kind of animation isn't good for WebNavigator, since the clients' navigation would mess up the server's. Best regards, Danielle
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6/4/2007 11:00 AM	Rate (0)
Mr. Q-Bridge Advanced Member Joined: 12/13/2005 Last visit: 9/26/2023 Posts: 53 Rating: (2)	Hello, So if I understand it correctly you have 1 picture with 2 picturewindows. A button in the picture of the first picture window should open the second picture window. Your script looks very complicated. Why not something like this: // close the second picture window if it was open SetVisible(GetParentPicture(lpszPictureName),"Name of second picture Window", 0); // change the name of the picture to be displayed in the second picturewindow SetPictureName(GetParentPicture(lpszPictureName),"Name of second picture Window","wndAlmGeneral.PDL"); //opens the second picture window again with the new picture in it SetVisible(GetParentPicture(lpszPictureName),"Name of second picture Window", 1); The first parameter gives you the exact name of the main picture even if it is display in an another picture window. The second parameter must be the objectname of the second picture window. Of course is it possible to read the ParentPicturename only ones. The script would be char* strParentPicturename // read the ParentPictureName strParentPictureName=GetParentPicture(lpszPictureName) // close the second picture window if it was open SetVisible(strParentPictureName,"Name of second picture Window", 0); // change the name of the picture to be displayed in the second picturewindow SetPictureName(strParentPictureName,"Name of second picture Window","wndAlmGeneral.PDL"); //opens the second picture window again with the new picture in it SetVisible(strParentPictureName,"Name of second picture Window", 1); greetings, Bart Kumbruck

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6/4/2007 4:38 PM	Rate (0)
NickM Posts: 25 Rating: (9)	Thanks for the responses. I hadn't thought about the issues with Web Navigator. And the scripting was very helpful. I'll look at the scripting some more, and decide which way I want to go. But thanks for all your help!
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6/4/2007 4:55 PM	Rate (0)
Danielle Posts: 1275 Rating: (123)	You're welcome!
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