Configuring a User Input Animation for a String Value

You can configure an element with a user input animation for a string value.

To configure an element with a user input animation for a string value

1. Select the element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

3. Click the Add icon and select User Input. The user input animation is added to the Animation list and the User Input state selection panel appears.

4. Click the String button. The String Value User Input configuration panel appears.

5. In the String box, type an equipment.item reference or browse for one by using the browse button.

6. In the Message to User box, type a value, equipment.item reference or expression. This is the text that appears as prompt on the string value input dialog box at run time.

7. Make sure that the input mode of the Message to User box is set correctly. Click the Input Mode icon to set a static value or an equipment.item reference or expression.

8. You can specify that the Input dialog box appears by pressing a key or key combination. In the Shortcut area. Select a shortcut key in the Key list. Select CTRL and/or SHIFT to combine the shortcut key with the CTRL key and/or SHIFT key.

9. If you don’t want the string value display element to show the string input result on the canvas, select Input Only.

10. If you want to use the keypad to type the string value, select Use Keypad.

11. If you select Input Only and want to see placeholders during the input at run time, select Echo Characters.

12. If you are configuring a password input:

    • Select Password.

    • Type in the replacement character in the adjacent box.

    • Select Encrypt if you want to encrypt the string that holds the password.

      Important: Password encryption only works within the context of HMI/SCADA software applications that support password encryption. Do not encrypt the string if you want to pass it to an external security system, such as the operating system or a SQL Server database. The external security system cannot read the encrypted password string and access will fail.

13. Click OK.

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