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Projects can be created or opened by selecting [File] – [New Project] or [Open Project]. Additional menus become enabled to interact with the project once opened. The project workspace allows easy management and modifications of the projects. The status toolbar which is positioned at the bottom of the window shows additional information of a selected resource.
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Xpanel Designer Menu
This section describes the initial state of the top menu and the additional menus according to the executed module. You can check the version information of modules only in the XpanelDesigner V2.40 and above.
※ Refer to each item’s manual for more information.
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Name
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Description
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File
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Opens or closes files in XpanelDesigner.
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Edit
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This menu is disabled in this state of XpanelDesigner.
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View
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Toggles to hide or show a toolbar of XpanelDesigner. Various options include the standard tool, status tool, and project workspace.
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Tools
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This menu is disabled in this state of XpanelDesigner.
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Help
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Displays the information and help of XpanelDesigner.
(1) Page Edit Menu
Once a project is opened in XpanelDesigner, additional menus will be added to the top menu and items will be added to the initial menus.
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Name
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Description
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File
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[Close], [Close All Page], [Recent Page] are added.
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Edit
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[Undo], [Redo], [Clone], [Select All], [Object Config], [Insert Graphic File], [Insert Animation Bitmap] are added.
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View
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[Redraw], [Current Page Position To Runtime], [Tag Window], [Object Window], [Switch/Lamp Tool], [Tag View Tool], [Zoom in/Out] are added.
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Tools
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[Page Setup], [User Library Edit], [Bitmap Edit] are added.
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Help
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[About Graphic Designer] is added.
(2) Project Management Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Project], the following item will be added to the [Help] menu.
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Name
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Description
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Help
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[About Project Manager] is added.
(3) Database Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Database], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[New Tag], [Edit Tag] are added.
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Help
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[About Database Manager] is added.
(4) Script Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Scripts], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[Add New Script], [Edit Script], [Compile Script], [Compile All Scripts] are added.
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Help
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[About Script Editor] is added.
(5) Data Logging Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Data Logging], the following item will be added to the [Help] menu.
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Name
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Description
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Help
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[About Data Logging] is added.
(6) String Editor Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [String Editor], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[Add String Group], [Delete String Group], [Add String], [Edit String], [Delete String], [Column Property] are added.
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Help
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[About String Editor] is added.
(7) Data Server (Modbus Slave) Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Data Server], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[Slave Tag registration], [Slave Tag Edit], [Slave Tag Cancels] are added.
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Help
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[About MODBUS SLAVE] is added.
(8) Recipe Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Recipe], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[Add Recipe Model], [Edit Recipe Model], [Delete Recipe Model], [Edit Group Name], [Edit Data Name], [Upload Recipe Data From XPANEL] are added.
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Help
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[About Recipe Editor] is added.
(9) Data Bridge Menu
When selecting [Tools] – [Data Bridge], the following items will be added to the [Edit] and [Help] menus.
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Name
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Description
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Edit
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[Add Data Bridge Model], [Edit Data Bridge Model], [Delete Data Bridge Model], [Add Data Bridge Tag], [Edit Data Bridge Tag], [Delete Data Bridge Tag] are added.
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Help
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[About Data Bridge Editor] is added.
Main Tool
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The Main toolbar contains frequently used commands in XpanelDesigner. Go to [View] – [Main Tool] to show or hide the toolbar on the top menu. When you execute the XpanelDesigner application, this toolbar shows up on the top menu by default. This toolbar consists of ‘Edit tools’ and ‘Execution tools’.
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