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The [Edit] menu is located on the top menu bar of Xpanel Designer. With this menu, you can edit your own graphic page. XpanelDesigner. The [Edit] menu includes basic features such as cut, copy, paste, and delete. You can also insert certain objects such as an Animation Bitmap or images on animation bitmaps and graphic files onto the graphic page from the edit menu.

Contents The contents of the [Edit] menu may differ according to change based on the object(s) or module(s) you have selected.

Undo

‘Undo’ reverses the last action or command applied to an object or group of objects. You can execute use ‘Undo’ up to 32 times.

Hotkey: Ctrl + Z, Alt + E + U

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Redo

‘Redo’ reverses the last undo ‘Undo’ action or command applied to an object or group of objects. You can use ‘Redo’ up to 32 times. Using ‘Undo’ and then performing a new action will remove the ability to ‘Redo’ any actions which were undone.

Hotkey: Ctrl + Y, Alt + E + R + Enter

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Cut

The ‘Cut’ command cuts deletes the currently selected object(s) from the graphic page and copies them to the clipboard. You can use the ‘Paste’ command to paste an object(s) that has objects that have been cut to the clipboard.

Hotkey: Ctrl + X, Alt + E + T

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Copy

The ‘Copy’ command copies the currently selected object(s) and copies them to the clipboard. Unlike the ‘Cut’ command, copied objects are not erased deleted from the graphic page. You can use the ‘Paste’ command to paste objects that have been copied.

Hotkey: Ctrl + C, Alt + E + C

Clone

The ‘Clone’ command copies and pastes an object multiple times at oncewith one action. Cloned objects are of identical configuration as the original object. If a tag is cloned, have a configuration identical to that of the original object. For example, if the original object uses a “Touch” function, then cloned objects will also have the same “Touch” function. If the object utilizes a real tag, then there is an option to differentiate the name names of tag tags and addresses and register them as new tags automatically.Select used by the cloned objects. The newly generated tags will be registered in the database automatically. See the notes at the end of this section for details.

First, select the object to be cloned. Go , then go to [Edit] -– [Clone] then . The following dialog box appearswill appear.

Hotkey: Ctrl + Shift + C, Alt + E + S

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(1)       Settings

range of object cloningUser can configure the space between the cloned objects by pixesUser can check the location of object(s) to be cloned through preview. When the Image Removed Axis

Item	Description
Area Setting	Configures the				quantity and location of cloned objects.
	Shape Interval		Clones objects using the pattern defined in the ‘Clone’ dialog box.
	Mouse Drag		After pressing “OK”, a preview shows where the cloned objects will appear. Moving the mouse changes the arrangement of the cloned objects. Once a location is decided, click on the graphic page to create the clones.		Image Added
	X / Y		Direction		Clones the object vertically and/or horizontally.
					Numbers of Copy	Assigns the number of copy. From 0 to 1024 can be assigned. The maximum number of copy is assigned as default. The default value is decided on the basis of the original location and the size of object. An object can be cloned up to 1024.
					Pixels of Space	Assigns the space between cloned objects by pixels. You can clone the objects within spaces from the location of original object. If you have selected ‘Space (By mouse)’ option, ‘Pixels of Space’ option is disabled.
					Clone Pattern	User can decide the direction of object cloning.
Address Auto-Increment	Clones the assigned tag addresses according to user’s configuration.

 (2)    Auto tag generation

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(2) Supported Devices

The table below lists devices which support the ‘Address Auto-Increment’ feature. Please check whether your device is compatible before attempting to use this feature. (TODO: Verify table)

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Item

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Description

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Use Auto-Increment

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If a tag is registered to the original object, you can generate the tag according to your own configuration; registering the original tag or cloned tags. Tags can be cloned up to 1024. If an address has assigned to the tag, you can clone it with the tag at the same option. Cloning will be stop if address is no more incremented.

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Use

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You can decide whether to automatically increase or decrease the tag.

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Tag Name

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Indicates the current tag name. You cannot edit this section.

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Address

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Indicates the current address assigned to the tag. You cannot edit this section.

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Position

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Indicates the object’s name where the original tag is registered.

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Increase /
Decrease

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User can decide whether to increase or decrease the target address. When you select ‘Decrease’, the address only decreases except tag name.

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Value

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User can assign the amount of increment/decrement value of address. The tag name value is fixed at 1 for increment.

Paste

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Paste

The ‘Paste’ command inserts into the project a copy of objects and tags that have been cut or copied. Only the most recently cut or copied object(s) can be pasted.

Hotkey: Ctrl + V, Alt + E + P

Delete

The ‘Delete’ command deletes the selected object(s) from the graphic page without copying them to the clipboard.

Hotkey: Delete, Alt + E + D

Select All

The ‘Select All’ command selects all of objects on the objects of current graphic page.

Hotkey: Ctrl + A, Alt + E + A

Find

This The ‘Find’ feature lets you to find certain strings within the project. You may choose : to search within all objects in the page, only selected objectobjects, or entire all objects in the project page.

Hotkey: Ctrl + F, Alt + E + F

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Item	Description
Find String	Input a string to find. This feature is case-sensitive.
Find Range	Select the search area to find the stringscope to search within.
	Active Page	Finds Searches for the string on the current graphic page.
	Selected Object	This option is enabled when you have selected object(s). Finds one or more selected objects. Searches for the string among the selected objects.
	All Project Page	Finds Searches for the string in within the entire project.
Next	Finds Cycles between instances of the same string continuously within the selected rangestring that have been found.
Find All	Displays the location of searches as a list. Image Removed ※ ‘Find All’ function is supported in Xpanel Designer 2.53 and above versions.
Close	Stops Exits the [Find] menu and return returns to the graphic page.

Replace

After searching for a specific string, you can change it into another string. This feature is used useful when there are multiple strings copies of a string that need to be replaced.

Hotkey: Ctrl + H, Alt + E + ER

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Item	Description
Find String	Input a string to find. This feature is case sensitive.
Replace String	Input a string to replace the found strings with.
Find Range	Select the search area to find scope for the string search.
	All Object	Finds Active Page	Searches for the string on the current graphic page.
	Selected Object	This option is enabled when you have selected object(s). Finds one or more objects selected. Searches for the string among the selected objectsobject(s).
	All Project Page	Finds Searches for the string in within the entire project.
Next	Finds Cycles between instances of the same string continuously within the selected range.		Find All	Displays the location of searches as a list. Image Removed ※ ‘Find All’ function is supported in Xpanel Designer 2.53 and above versions.string that have been found.
Replace	Replaces the found currently displayed string into with the string entered at in the ‘Replace String’ field.
All Replace	Replaces all found strings into with the string entered at in the ‘Replace String’ field.
Close	Stops Exits the [Replace] menu and return returns to the graphic page.

Object Configuration

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You From the object configuration menu, you can configure an object with basic control features such as ‘Visible’, ‘Blink’, ‘Touch’. In addition to the basic control features, you can configure the project with various objects’ features, etc. You can also change an object’s name, position, and appearance.

※      Please refer to ‘Object the ‘Control Feature Configuration’ section for more information.

Hotkey: Alt + E + W

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The following table shows the basic features you can configure when you open in the [Object Config.] window. Objects Special objects such as trend, alarm summary, key input window, page link, and switch/lamp objects have their own configuration windows.

Insert Graphic File

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You can insert images created in an external program or downloaded from web to the project. These images can be operated as objects. File formats such as bmp and jpg are supported.

※      Please refer to ‘Image Embedding’ manual for more information.

Hotkey: Alt + E + B

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Insert Animation Bitmap

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Animation bitmap is a feature to express an animation according to the registered tag value. You can describe the field’s situations in detail with animation bitmaps. You can also see the example of object by its previewexternal image files into the object to be displayed on the Xpanel screen. These images act like regular objects, but with slightly altered configuration options. Supported image file formats include “.bmp” and “.jpg”.

Hotkey: Alt + E + B

※ Please refer to the ‘Image Embedding’ section for more information.

Insert Animation Bitmap

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Animation Bitmaps display an animated image on the graphic page. Animations are a great way to provide non-verbal yet detailed descriptions of field situations. A tag value can be used to start and stop the animation. The animation bitmap object (*.cmani file format) and its animation group can be edited in this window. You can also see a preview of the animation, as well as its size in pixels.

※      Please refer to the ‘Animation Bitmap’ manual section for more information.