Managed InTouch applications
- Last UpdatedJun 25, 2024
You can manage your InTouch applications using the System Platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE). These applications are called Managed InTouch applications.
They appear in InTouch Application Manager as Managed. They are more integrated into the ArchestrA environment and support advanced graphics.
You develop an InTouch application on one node of the Galaxy with WindowMaker. You then deploy it to one or more target nodes running WindowViewer.
When you use the system platform functionality of the IDE to manage your InTouch applications, you can:
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See which InTouch applications are running on what node.
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Use a central repository for InTouch applications.
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Deploy changes to WindowViewer running on the remote nodes.
You can only start a managed application in WindowViewer, from the Application Manager. When WindowViewer starts, it copies a managed application’s files to a folder during run time.
Each managed application is associated with an InTouchViewApp object, which is derived from a base template. The InTouchViewApp object only contains a reference to the managed InTouch application folder and other behavior-specific information of the managed InTouch application. Application files are stored in separate folders in the Galaxy file repository. One folder contains the most recent checked-in version of the InTouch application and the other contains the most recent checked-out version. The IDE includes the Industrial Graphic Editor, which you can use to create symbols that represent production processes in your InTouch HMI application. You can fast switch from WindowMaker and WindowViewer to test a managed application only if the WindowMaker was opened from the IDE.