View and Edit Page Properties in Plant SCADA Studio

Name

The name of the graphics page.

Window Title

The title that is used for the page at runtime. You can edit the title (using up to 64 characters). It can include plain text, Super Genie syntax or both (for example, "Pump ?AREA? status").

Description

A description of the page. You can edit the description (using up to 250 characters). The description is intended for configuration comments only. It is not used at runtime.

Content Type

Identifies a page as a particular type of content. For example, you can indicate if a page is a level 1 page (L1), a level 2 page (L2), or a faceplate (FP). This determines which panes will display the page at runtime when an associated piece of equipment comes in to context (see Content Types).

Select the required content type from the drop-down menu to the right of the field. The available content types are configured in the Visualization activity (see Configure Content Types).

Parent Page

The name of the page that is one level up in the project's page hierarchy. See Page Levels.

You can edit the page name (using up to 64 characters). This property is optional.

Previous Page

The name of the page that precedes the current page in the runtime Use a Browse Sequence. You can edit the page name (using up to 64 characters).

This property is optional. If not specified, the Page Previous command will be inoperative at runtime while the page is displayed.

Next Page

The name of the page that follows the current page in the runtime Use a Browse Sequence. You can edit the page name (using up to 64 characters).

This property is optional. If not specified, the Page Next command will be inoperative at runtime while the page is displayed.

Area

The area to which the page belongs (1–255). Only users with access to the specified area will be able to view the page. If an area is not specified, the page is accessible to every user.

You can edit the number. If a you enter an invalid value, a compile error will be generated.

Page Scan Time

Determines how often the page will be updated at runtime. It also determines the rate of execution for the While Page Shown command.

If the field shows a value, it indicates the scan rate (in milliseconds).

If the field is blank, it indicates the page will use the default scan rate as specified by the [Page]ScanTime parameter.

Note: You can set the default page scan time using the General Options page of the Setup Wizard.

Log Device

Specifies the device to which messages are logged for the page's keyboard commands. You can select a device from the drop-down menu to the right of the field, or type a device name.

Note: You need to include the MsgLog field in the format of the log device for the message to be sent.

Inherit Cluster

If this field is set to "TRUE", the page will inherit cluster context from the page or Cicode task that opened the page (for example, the PageDisplay or WinNewAt Cicode functions).

If this field is blank, cluster context for the page will be determined by the Default Cluster field (see below).

Default Cluster

The default cluster context for the page.

If this field is blank it indicates that Inherit Cluster is set to "TRUE", or no default cluster has been specified.

Modified Time

Indicates when the page was last modified.

Style

The style (appearance) of template that was used to create the graphics page. For a description of the available styles, see the topic Page Templates.

Resolution

The default screen resolution of the template on which the page is based:

• VGA — 640 x 480 pixels (4:3)

• SVGA — 800 x 600 pixels (4:3)

• XGA — 1024 x 768 pixels (4:3)

• SXGA — 1280 x 1024 pixels (5:4)

• HD768 — 1366 x 768 pixels (16:9)

• HD1080 — 1920 x 1080 pixels (16:9)

• WUXGA — 1920 x 1200 pixels (16:10)

• UHD4K — 3840 x 2160 pixels (16:9)

• User Defined.

Name

The name of the template on which the page is based.

Title Bar

If this field is selected, it indicates the page was intended to display the Windows title bar at runtime. If this is the case, the page size will allow space to accommodate the title bar.

Width

The width (in pixels) of the area that the operator can view at runtime.

Height

The height (in pixels) of the area that the operator can view at runtime.

On Page Entry

The command that is executed when the page is initializing.

On Page Exit

The command that is executed when the operator exits the page.

While Page Shown

The command that is executed continually for the entire time that the page is open.

On Page Shown

The command that is executed when a page is first displayed and the objects on it have been initialized.

On Activate

The command that is executed when the window is activated at runtime.

On Deactivate

The command that is executed when the window is deactivated.

Project

The project in which the page is included.