Place an exit icon

This part of the tutorial shows how to place an icon (by selecting and configuring a Linked Symbol) that allows the user to exit the project, .

1. On the Draw tab of the ribbon, in the Libraries group, select Symbols.

   The symbols library is displayed.

2. In the Symbols menu tree, open the System Symbols folder and then open the Icons sub-folder.

3. In the Icons sub-folder, select exit01.

   The symbol will be displayed in the symbol viewer to the right of the menu tree.

   

4. Select the symbol.

   The mouse cursor will change to show that the symbol is ready to be placed in a screen.

5. Switch back to the screen where you want to place the symbol and then click in it.

   The symbol is placed as a Linked Symbol object.

   

6. With the object still selected, select Command (on the Draw tab of the ribbon, in the Animations group) to apply this animation to the object.

7. Double-click the object to open its Object Properties dialog.

8. In the Type list, select VBScript.

9. In the On Down box, type $Shutdown().

   Shutdown is a built-in scripting function, but it can be used within VBScript by prefacing it with a dollar sign ($).

   

10. Close the Object Properties dialog.

11. Go to File, and then select Save.

Now, when a user clicks this icon during run time, the project will stop and exit to the station's desktop.