Creating a Managed InTouch Application

You create a managed InTouch application by creating and configuring an InTouchViewApp object.

You can also view application version, resolution, and description information directly from the InTouchViewApp object.

The InTouch application directory is created as a share:

\\GRNodeName\GalaxyName-$InTouchViewAppObjectName

This directory is managed by the IDE, not by the InTouch HMI Application Manager.

To create a managed InTouch application

1. Open the System Platform IDE.

2. In the Template Toolbox, expand the System toolset.

3. Derive a template from the $InTouchViewApp base template. Do the following:

   1. Right-click the $InTouchViewApp base template, point to New, and then click Derived Template. A new derived template appears with a default name.

   2. Rename the new template if needed.

4. Double-click the derived template.

   The InTouchViewApp Initialization dialog box appears.

   

5. Select Create New InTouch Application and click Next.

   The next panel appears.

   

6. Type a name for the InTouch application and a description.

7. Select InTouchView Application to create an InTouch application that uses only Application Server references as an external data source.

8. Select the application target resolution if different than the default screen resolution option. Options for this field are as follows:

   1. Click the Select target resolution dropdown menu to view a list of predefined target resolutions.

   2. Click the Select target resolution dropdown menu and select Custom. The Pixel width and height fields becomes editable. The boundary limits are 150x150 and 10000x10000.

9. Click Next.

   WindowMaker starts.

   Note: If you have selected a target resolution that is different from the screen resolution, you will not be prompted to convert to screen resolution upon editing the application in WindowMaker.

To view application version, resolution, and description

10. Open the Template Toolbox.

11. Right-click the InTouchViewApp template, and then click Application Information. The Application Information dialog box appears.

    

To Change Target Resolution

You can change the specified target resolution while editing the application in WindowMaker. This functionality is not available for command line.

Do the following:

12. Open WindowMaker.

13. On the File menu, click Configure, and then click WindowViewer.

    The WindowViewer configuration screen appears.

14. Select the Window tab.

15. In the Target resolution section, edit the target resolution as needed

    

16. Click OK.

    The boundary canvas updates to reflect the change. Windows, window size and window controls will remain the same.

    Note: The Show target resolution boundary canvas is checked by default.