Create managed applications

InTouch HMI shares the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with Application Server. You can also create Managed InTouch applications from the IDE using Industrial Graphics and automation objects.

The IDE includes a suite of graphic tools and automation objects to build simple or complex system environments. Using automation objects, you can integrate your InTouch HMI applications much more easily into the System Platform. Also, you can embed pre-built Industrial Graphics and Situational Awareness Library symbols into your applications or use a wide assortment of tools from the Industrial Graphic Toolbox to create your own symbols.

Using the IDE to manage your InTouch applications, you can:

• View which applications are running on individual Galaxy nodes.

• Use a central repository to manage applications.

• Deploy application changes to WindowViewer nodes running InTouch applications.

The following figure shows the integration of the IDE with traditional InTouch HMI components. The figure shows the steps to create a managed InTouch HMI application with the IDE.

1. Create a managed InTouch application in the IDE by deriving a template from the $InTouchViewApp base template.

   You create a managed application on one node of the Galaxy with WindowMaker. Then, you deploy it to one or more target nodes running WindowViewer.

2. Open the managed application in WindowMaker.

3. Develop your InTouch application in WindowMaker. If needed, switch to WindowViewer to test the application.

4. Save the changes to the InTouch application.

5. Derive an instance of the managed application and select the nodes to deploy the application.

6. Deploy the InTouch application to the target nodes running WindowViewer in the Galaxy.

7. Run the application in WindowViewer on target nodes.