Setup
Installation
Uninstallation
Launching
Shortcut
Autorun - Windows 7 and Above Method #1
Create a desktop shortcut. Then, either search “Run” in the Windows Search bar or press the [Windows] + [R] keys to open the Run window. Enter “shell:startup” in the search field and click OK. The same location can be accessed by typing “Startup” into a File Explorer window’s address bar.
These options will open the Startup folder. Insert the shortcut icon for CIMON Canvas into the Startup folder.
Autorun - Windows 7 and Above Method #2
Termination
There are 4 methods to terminate the CIMON Canvas program:
Hotkey: [Alt] + [F4].
Click X at the top-right corner.
Click File > Exit.
Right-click CIMON Canvas on the taskbar > click Close window.
If changes to the currently opened project are not saved, the dialog box displayed to the right will appear:
Project Basics
Startup Screen
Project Modification
To create a project, click File > New > Project, press the hotkey [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N], or click Create New Project on the Startup Screen. This will bring up the New Project pop-up window, displayed at the far right, where users can set the desired project properties. The window automatically populates with the defaults of “Sample Project Name” for the Project Name field, the most recent location a project was created at for the Save Location field, and 800x480 for the Screen Size field.
In this window, users can also choose between Landscape and Portrait modes as well as set a password that is required to open the project.
To open a project, click File > Open…, press the hotkey [Ctrl] + [O], click the Open Project… (Ctrl O) icon on the toolbar, or click Open Project Files on the Startup Screen. Only project files with the “.cnvs” formats can be opened.
When the user selects a project file and clicks Open, the last-edited version of that project will be launched. If a project is currently opened, the project will automatically close.
Projects created using the newer versions of CIMON Canvas cannot be executed using an older version of CIMON Canvas.
To close a project, click File > Close > Project, press the hotkey [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [W], or terminate Canvas. If changes to the currently opened project are not saved, the dialog box displayed to the far right will appear:
The project closing time will vary depending on the system environment and the project size. If Canvas is not terminated when closing a project, it will return to the Startup Screen.
To copy a project, open the project and click File > Save As, press the hotkey [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [S], or click the Save As… (Ctrl Shift S) icon on the toolbar. This will open a pop-up window where the user can define a name for the copy of the project file and select a location to save the file. After designating a name and location, the original project will maintain its name and file location, and a new file will be created.
The file can only be saved in “.cnvs” format, and the name cannot be duplicated with other project folders in the same path.
If you are naming the page in CIMON Canvas using an unsupported font style, a symbol may appear instead of a character which could cause the project to malfunction.
Project Properties
Convert Project Size
Designer Settings
General Properties
Basic Properties
Appearance
Transform
Actions
Pane Relocation
Each pane is able to be relocated by clicking and dragging the pane’s name to a desired location. There are preset blue rectangles that, when dropping a pane into one, will re-size the existing content to fit the desired placement. Dragging a pane into a blue rectangle location with an unchanged column is shown in the first image on the right:
The second image on the right displays the column after the placement:
Project Tree
Status Bar
Graphic Library
Tag View
Click View > Tag View and check the box to enable the Tag View pane. In the Tag View pane, users can change the Tag Overlay options from the View menu, font size, font color, and backgrounds. The Tag View pane displays all bound tag paths, the item names the tags are bound to, the type of property and I/O device, and I/O address if assigned. This information will be displayed on objects corresponding to the chosen overlay options.
The image to the bottom-right shows an example of the Tag View display when using the settings from the image at the top-right:
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