Use galaxy references in InTouch

You can use Galaxy references in InTouch. Use the InTouch Tag Browser in unlimited selection mode to browse and include references from an Application Server Galaxy in InTouch applications you are developing.

You also can use Galaxy references in InTouch in a multi-galaxy environment by using both the Galaxy: access name and the remote GalaxyName as part of the item name. For more information, see Use InTouch with multiple galaxies.

Note: You must install the Bootstrap and IDE on the InTouch node to create the TagSource to browse Galaxy objects.

The following lists the primary ways you can open the Tag Browser in InTouch to see unlimited selection mode:

• Double-click an animation link tagname or expression input box.

• Double-click an ActiveX or wizard tagname or expression input box.

• Double-click an empty area in any InTouch QuickScript window.

• In the InTouch QuickScript editor, select Tagname on the Insert menu.

• Press the Alt+N keys in the InTouch QuickScript editor.

• Double-click a blank New Name box in the Substitute Tagnames dialog box.

• Double-click the Tagname input box in the SQL Access Bind List Configuration dialog box.

  

For complete information about using the InTouch Tag Browser, see the InTouch documentation.

Before you can browse Galaxy references, you must define a new tag source.

To define a new tag source

1. In the InTouch HMI Tag Browser, select the Browse button to the right of the Tag Source list. The Define Tag Sources dialog box appears.

2. Select New to open the Define Tag Source dialog box.

   

3. Type a Tag Source Name. This name appears in the Tag Source box of the Tag Browser. For example: Training1.

4. Select Galaxy from the list for Access Name and Tag Source Type.

5. In the GR node name box, type the Host Name of the computer on which the Galaxy is located. If the Galaxy is located on the same computer, use localhost.

6. In the Galaxy Name list, select the name of your Galaxy. For example: Training. Select OK. Assuming the examples given in steps 3 and 5, the Define Tag Sources dialog box appears as follows.

   

7. Select Close. The Tag Browser appears. Now you can browse the TagNames.

To browse attribute references in a Galaxy

8. Open the InTouch Tag Browser in unlimited selection mode.

9. In the Tag Source box, select the tag source you created in the previous steps (Training1 in the example). The Attribute Browser appears.

10. Select the object and attribute you want to reference in your InTouch application and select OK.

Note: The next time you open the Tag Browser, the Attribute Browser automatically opens. To change that, exit the Attribute Browser without selecting anything by selecting the blue arrow at top right. The Tag Browser appears and it defaults to the InTouch Tagname Dictionary.

For more information about using the Attribute Browser, see Use the galaxy browser to reference objects .