Tutorial: Building a Simple Project Creating the synoptic screen This part of the tutorial show how to create your second screen, which will include an animated tank of liquid and some basic controls for that tank. 1. In the Graphics tab of the Project Explorer , right-click the Screens folder, and then click Insert on the shortcut menu. The Screen Attributes dialog is displayed. 2. Use this dialog to set attributes such as size and type. For this tutorial, click OK to accept the default settings. 3. Click the Application button at the top-left of the development environment, and then click Save As on the Application menu. A standard Windows Save As dialog is displayed. 4.
In the File name box, type synoptic . 5. Click Save . The file is saved in your project folder (at \Screen\synoptic.scc ), and the Save dialog is closed. Do not close the screen like you did the main screen when you saved it. You still need to draw the synoptic screen. Drawing the synoptic screen's title As in a previous part, this part of the tutorial shows how to draw the synoptic screen's title using a Text object. 1. On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Active Objects group, click Text . 2. Click on the screen, type Synoptic Screen , and then press Return. 3. Double-click the object to open its Object Properties dialog. 4.
Click Fonts to open Font dialog, and then specify the font settings. For this tutorial… • Font is Arial • Font style is Bold • Size is 20 • Color is Blue 5. Click OK to save the font settings and close the dialog. 6. Close the Object Properties dialog. 7. Move the Text object to the top left corner of the screen. 8. Click the Application button at the top-left of the development environment, and then click Save on the Application menu. This figure shows how your screen should look after you have drawn the screen title. Finished screen title Drawing "Date" and "Time" displays This part of the tutorial shows how to draw "Date" and "Time" displays by linking Text objects to system tags.
Date and Time are system tags that hold the current date and time of the local station. These tags are available to any project. Page 67