Edit a Project’s Properties
- Last UpdatedJul 18, 2023
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The Project Properties dialog box displays information about the current project across two tabs:
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General
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Page Defaults.
The General tab provides information about a project such as its name, location and current status. You can also use this tab to label revisions of a project.
The Page Defaults tab includes information about the appearance of the pages in a project, including the default template style and screen resolution. To edit these properties, you need to use Graphics Builder (see Edit the Default Page Settings).
To view and edit a project's properties:
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In the Project activity, select Home.
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On the Command Bar, click Properties.
The Project Properties dialog box appears.
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Edit the General properties as required, or view the Page Defaults (see below for a description).
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Click OK.
General Properties
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Property |
Description |
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Name |
The name of the project (restricted to 64 characters). It can contain any characters other than the semi-colon (;) or single quote ('). Since the project name is a unique identifier, Plant SCADA will not permit you to create, restore or rename a project with a duplicated name. |
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Status |
The status of the project. This can be either COMPILED or UNCOMPILED. |
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Location |
The directory path for the location of the project files (see View a Project's Folders). This field cannot be edited. |
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Description |
A description of the project. This field is useful for providing an explanation of the project's purpose. Maximum length is 255 characters. |
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Major Revision |
Plant SCADA sets this property to one (1) when the project is first created. You can use this field to track major changes to the project. You can use an incremental revision history (for example 1, 2, 3, . . . or A, B, C, . . .). Maximum length is 4 characters. |
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Minor Revision |
Plant SCADA sets this property to zero (0) when the project is first created. You can use this field in conjunction with Major Revision to track your project's development. Maximum length is 4 characters. |
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Date and Time |
Plant SCADA will initially set these fields to reflect when the project was created. These fields are useful when used in conjunction with the Revision fields. Maximum length is 20 characters each. |
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Unique ID |
A unique ID is applied to each Plant SCADA project. This provides consistent identification across the lifetime of a project. Each unique IDs is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) generated by Plant SCADA using the following format: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX You cannot edit this field. If you copy or restore a project, you need to consider how a project's Unique ID will be impacted. |
Page Defaults
Note: To edit these properties, you need to use Graphics Builder (see Edit the Default Page Settings).
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Property |
Description |
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[Template] Style |
The name of the project (restricted to 64 characters). It can contain any characters other than the semi-colon (;) or single quote ('). Since the project name is a unique identifier, Plant SCADA will not permit you to create, restore or rename a project with a duplicated name. |
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[Template] Resolution |
The default screen resolution of the graphics pages (such as alarms pages and trend pages). |
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[Template] |
Determines whether the Windows™ title bar displays at the top of each graphics page. To display a page in full screen (without a title bar), the size of the page needs to be the same size as the display (or larger). If the page is smaller than the display, the title bar still displays, even if full screen mode is enabled. |
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Background color |
The color that will display in the background of new graphics pages. |