About SmartSymbols

SmartSymbols are InTouch graphics that are converted into reusable templates. Changes that you make to a SmartSymbol template propagate to all instances of the SmartSymbol throughout the application. This relieves you of the duplicate effort for creating, modifying, validating, and re-validating graphics used repetitively throughout an application.

SmartSymbols can reference InTouch tags and application server attributes. A SmartSymbol that references no tags or only InTouch tags is called an InTouch SmartSymbol.

A SmartSymbol that references an attribute of one or more Automation Objects or Automation Object instances is called an Industrial Graphics SmartSymbol. Industrial Graphics SmartSymbols may also reference InTouch tags.

InTouch and Industrial Graphics SmartSymbols are different from Industrial Graphics. Industrial Graphics are designed and managed using the System Platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

If you are using InTouch version 10 or later and are creating new graphics, Industrial Graphics may be more suitable than SmartSymbols for your application.