Use the galaxy browser InTouch tag browser tab

You can select InTouch tags directly from the Galaxy Browser when configuring a reference requiring an InTouch tag for an Industrial graphic animation or client script.

When invoked from either the animation editor or the script editor, the Galaxy Browser displays an InTouch Tag Browser tab in line with the Attribute Browser and Element Browser tabs.

The InTouch Tag Browser tab lists all InTouchViewApp instances and templates for the current Galaxy in the left pane. The right pane displays the InTouch tags for the selected InTouchViewApp. The DotFields: list box will display the dotfields associated with the selected tag.

The Dotfields list box below the right pane enables you to specify dotfields for the selected tag.

The InTouch Tag Browser tab behaves as follows:

• The InTouch Tag Browser functionality is available only from the animation editor or the script editor.

• The Galaxy Browser reads InTouch tags from the Tagname Dictionary.

• The Tagname Dictionary component is installed and available to the Galaxy Browser whether or not InTouch HMI is installed.

• Tags are refreshed only when the Galaxy Browser is closed and reopened.

• All tags remain in memory until you close and reopen the Galaxy Browser.

• If the InTouchViewApp is checked out by the current user, then the Galaxy Browser reads the latest Tagname Dictionary content of that InTouchViewApp.

• If the InTouchViewApp is checked in and is accessed by any user, then the Galaxy Browser always reads the checked-in version of the Tagname Dictionary.

• If the InTouchViewApp is checked out by a user other than the current user, the Galaxy Browser reads the most recently checked in Tagname Dictionary of that InTouchViewApp.

• If you select an InTouchViewApp template, the output reference string syntax is <InTouch:selectedTag>. If you select an InTouchViewApp instance, the output reference string syntax is <SelectedInTouchViewAppInstance.selectedTag>.

Connect animations to InTouch tags

1. Double-click the element.

   The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

2. Select the animation from the Animation list.

3. Select the parameter.

4. Select the browse button.

   The Galaxy Browser appears.

5. Select the InTouch Tag Browser tab to show the InTouch Tag Browser page.

6. Select the InTouchViewApp object that corresponds to the managed InTouch application. The right panel shows the InTouch tags.

7. Select a tag and select OK.

   The selected reference to an InTouch tag appears in the configuration box.