Pane Genie

Name

The name used to identify the pane. The name needs to be unique; two panes on the same page cannot have the same name. The syslog.dat file for the client will log a message if it detects duplicate panes.

Default Page

The name of the page that the pane will display at startup. If the FillMode for the pane is set to an Autofill option, this page will also display when a context change results in the pane having no content to display.

Display Mode

Determines how the content of a pane will change as the pane is resized. Use one of the following integers to specify a display mode:

• 1 = Stretch — the displayed page will continue to fill the pane as it changes size.

• 2 = Maintain aspect ratio — the displayed page will enlarge and reduce in size in proportion with the pane, however it will maintain its aspect ratio.

• 3 = Maintain size — the displayed page will not change in size as the pane is resized. If the page is larger than the pane it will be clipped, or scroll bars will appear if enabled.

Is Default Pane?

Set this property to TRUE if you want the pane to be the default pane within the workspace. This will make the pane the primary point of reference for the workspace. The default pane is used to display pages that have no content type defined.

Each workspace can only contain one default pane. The syslog.dat file for a client will indicate if a default pane is not specified.

The workspace Header Bar will refer to the page displayed in the default pane to source the active page title and breadcrumbs. This will also determine the current selection in the Navigation Zone.

Display Scrollbars

Determines if the pane will include scrollbars at runtime.

• FALSE = No scrollbars.

• TRUE = Use scrollbars.

Scrollbars will only appear if the pane's DisplayMode property is set to 3 (maintain size), and the page displayed is larger than the pane.

Fill Mode

Determines how the content of a pane is updated as context changes. Use one of the following integers to specify a fill mode:

• Static — the content and equipment assignments within the pane remain unchanged when equipment context changes.

• StaticContextMustMatch — the content does not change, but any associations are updated to match the new equipment context (see below).

• Autofill — the pane will check the content specified for the equipment that comes into context. If it matches the pane's ContentTypes setting, the pane will display the content. If there is no valid content for the pane linked to the new equipment context, content may be sourced by traversing up/down the equipment hierarchy.

• AutofillContextMustMatch — The same as Autofill, however content directly associated with the new equipment context will be used to fill the pane. The content will only be updated if the equipment is a direct contextual match (see below).

  See Autofill for configuration examples.

ContentTypes

Defines the type of content the pane will display. You can specify zero or more types as a comma separated list. Specifying no content type is acceptable for a static pane, but it is recommended that any other type of pane has at least one content type specified.

The content types you can use are configured in Visualization activity.

At runtime, only pages with a content type that matches with the pane will be displayed. See Content Types.

Excluded Autofill Panes

Allows you to specify panes that will not display updated content when an equipment context change is triggered from this pane. When the context changes in the current pane, the content in the excluded panes will remain static. However, the context in excluded panes will still be updated. Any pane in the workspace or a linked workspace can be excluded.

Specify the name(s) of one or more panes or nested panes that you want to exclude from autofill. Use a comma to specify more than one pane name.

For more information, see Excluding Panes (below).

Tab Header Pane Name

If you want the content of the pane to be controlled via a set of tabs, you can use this property to indicate the pane where the associated tab bar is located. Enter the name of the pane that hosts a page with the tab bar Genie on it.

Tab Control Name

Enter the name of the tab bar Genie that you would like to use to control the content of the pane. The tab control needs to be located on the page of the pane specified in the Tab Header Pane Name property (see above).

Equipment Reference Associations: Categories

This field allows you to associate a pane with an equipment reference category, or a comma-separated list of equipment reference categories (see "Category" in the topic Define Equipment References). When a piece of equipment comes into context, any equipment references within the specified category will be used to create Super Genie associations for a displayed page. For more information, see AssEquipReferences.