Select an InTouch tag

You can select tags defined in a local or remote InTouch application. You can create references to tags in any tag source that supports the Tagname Dictionary interface.

For example, remote tag references enable your application to access data from I/O Servers without creating tags in the local Tagname Dictionary.

You can set a dotfield for each InTouch tag you select. Dotfields can access, monitor, and modify tag properties. If you do not select a dotfield, the .Value dotfield is used. For more information about dotfields, see Use tag dotfields to view or change tag properties.

Select an InTouch tag

1. Double-click any text box that requires a tag name for input.

   The Select Tag dialog box appears.

   

2. In the Tag Source list, select the name for the tag source or select the browse button to define a new tag source to use.

   For more information on defining tag sources, see Data access with I/O.

3. In the Filter list, select a filter to reduce the number of tagnames shown in the window. To define a filter, select the ellipsis button. For more information, see Create a tag filter.

4. Select a tagname in the window.

   You can change the way the tagnames are shown in Select Tag dialog box. For more information, see Change the view in the Select Tag dialog box.

5. In the Dot Field list, select a dotfield to append to the selected tagname.

   Dotfields can access, monitor and modify tag properties. If you do not select a dotfield, the .Value dotfield is used.

6. Select OK.