AVEVA™ Plant SCADA

Configuring an Action Script Animation

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You can configure an element with an action script animation.

You can assign multiple action scripts to one element that are activated in different ways such as:

Use this...	To activate the action script when the...
On Left Click/Key/Touch Down	left mouse button or a specific key is pressed or a tap on a touch display.
While Left Click/Key/Touch Down	left mouse button or a specific key is pressed and held or the touch display is tapped and held.
On Left/Key/Touch Up	left mouse button or a specific key is released or the tap is released from a touch display.
On Left Double Click/Double Tap	left mouse button is double-clicked or the touch display is tapped twice in quick succession.
On Right Click/Long Press	right mouse button is pressed or a long press on the touch display.
While Right Down	right mouse button is pressed and held.
On Right Up	right button is released.
On Right Double Click	right mouse button is double-clicked.
On Center Click	center mouse button is pressed.
While Center Click	center mouse button is pressed and held.
On Center Up	center mouse button is released.
On Center Double Click	center mouse button is double-clicked.
On Mouse Over	pointer is moved over the element.
On Mouse Leave	pointer is moved out of the element.
On Startup	element is first shown in the HMI/SCADA run time display.
While Mouse Over	pointer is over the element.

Note: To expand the available space for your script, you can use the Expansion buttons to hide the script header and/or the Animation list.

To configure an element with an action script animation

Select the element.
On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.
Click the Add icon and select Action Scripts. The action scripts animation is added to the Animation list and the Action Scripts configuration panel appears.
From the Trigger type list, select the trigger that activates the action script at run time.
If you select a trigger type that starts with "While", type how frequently the action script is executed at run time in the Every box.
If you select the trigger types On Mouse Over or On Mouse Leave, the Every box label shows After instead. Type a value in the After box. This value specifies after what delay the action script is executed at run time.
Specify a trigger type that involves pressing a key is run by typing 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.
Create your script in the action script window.
Click OK.