ProDesigner - Schleicher Electronic

1.4.1 The Components
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Menu Toolbar Contains all functions, from New Project to Start
runtime simulation, needed to create an application.
Symbol Toolbar The most commonly used functions, usually menu
toolbar functions, are placed here as icons.
ProDesigner
Objects
The visualization objects make up (together with the
process database) the core of the application. The
variable input or output method is determined using
the supplied visualization objects. You decide
whether an input into an application is made using
either a switch, a slide bar or via text etc., and
whether an output value is displayed as a trend, bar
graphic, text or symbol (static or moving) etc.
If you click a ProDesigner object the content of the
property page changes correspondingly.
Object Groups The visualization functions are split up into the
following groups:
Output, Input, Graphics, Symbols and Special.
Typical output functions are for example, variable
output as a text or as a bar graphic.
Clicking its respective "tag" activates an object
group.
Properties Every ProDesigner object has a list of properties that
are displayed in the properties window where its
settings can be adjusted. In this "table" you can
determine the size and color of the object, the min.
and max. limits of the object, the fonts, and most
importantly the variables to which the object is linked.
Properties are component parameters that determine
the behavior of an object.
The Form Also called the Designer. It is the "output area" of
your program, in other words the area in which your
program runs during runtime.
Inside of this area you graphically construct and
create your screen forms. ProDesigner objects are
positioned and graphics are embedded.
The size of the form is dependent on the graphics
resolution of the target system. Following graphic
resolutions should be noted:
256 x 64 Pixel black and white
320 x 240 Pixel black and white
Status Line Displays the name of, and the comment on the
chosen object.
Form Register Most projects contain more than just one form. The
individual project forms are stacked to allow simple
jumping between the forms. The procedure is similar
to Excel where you can switch between the individual
forms using a register. Switching from one form to
another automatically saves the changes made to
the latter form.
Cursor Position This line contains the co-ordinates (X/Y co-ordinates)
in Pixels of current cursor position. 0/0 are the coordinates
of the top left position.
Operating Manual ProDesigner Version 04/04