6.4 Button

When you click an item with “Button” or icon at Toolbox, [Draw] menu, you can insert the button object to the graphic page.

You can configure various functionalities through this object.

(1) Button: You can configure the appearance of the button object.

Item	Description
Title	Enter the name of the button object.
Next >>	Moves to the next tab of [Button Config] window.
OK	Finishes the configuration with current settings and adds the button on the current graphic page.
Cancel	Cancels the object setting. If you were configuring the new button object, the object is not created.

(2) Action Script: You can configure the functionality of the button object.

Item		Description
Mouse Right Button		When you check this option, you may right click on the button object to use.
Open Page		Opens the page. You can manually enter the page’s name or click icon to browse the page.
Close Page		Closes the page. You can manually enter the page’s name or click icon to browse the page.
Replace Page		Replaces the old page with the new page. When the page you are working on is already saved as a file, the current page is entered into “Old Page” as default. You can manually enter the page’s name or click icon to browse the page. When you enter “*” in “Old Page”, all pages except static page will be closed and replaced with the new page.
Write Tag Value	Writes an assigned value to the selected tag.
	Write Value	You can assign a value to write at the selected tag. Write 0 or 1 for the digital tag. For the analog tag, write integer of floating-point number. If you wrote a value greater than 1 for the digital tag, the tag will recognize it as 1.
Write Digital Value	Decides the method to change the digital tag value.
	Write Value Set	Sets the digital tag value as 1.
	Write Value Reset	Sets the digital tag value as 0.
	Write Value Toggle	Reverses the digital tag value. (0→1 or 1→0)
Command Expression	You can enter the command expressions to execute.
	Command Down	Enter the command expression you wish to execute when you press the button.
	Command Up	Enter the command expression you wish to execute when you release the button.
Set Up Hot Key	Sets a hot key model to be execute.
Write Instant Value	Writes a value to the tag at the moment you press/release the button object.
	Write Value Down	Assign a value which you wish to write to the tag when you press the button.
	Write Value Up	Assign a value which you wish to write to the tag when you release the button.
	Run Inactivate Status	Inactivate Status indicates that the focus is inactive due to the mouse cursor is positioned outside of the object. When this option is checked: After touching the button object ([Write Value Down]), [Write Value Up] operates when the object is released regardless of the cursor’s location. When this option is not checked: After touching the button object ([Write Value Down]), [Write Value Up] operates when the object is released with the cursor on the object.
<< Prev	Moves to the previous tab of [Button Config] window.
Next >>	Moves to the next tab of [Button Config] window.
OK	Finishes the configuration with current settings and adds the button on the current graphic page.
Cancel	Cancels the object setting. If you were configuring the new button object, the object is not created.

(3) Tooltip: You can enter a string which will appear when you hover your cursor on the object.

(4) Security: This feature is to put a limit on users when using the object.

※ Please refer to ‘Security’ for more information.

(5) Object Config: After finishing the button configuration, you can open [Object Config] window. In [Object Config] window, you can configure the object with basic features such as [Visible], [Blink], etc.

Item	Description
Name	Designate a name for the object, spaces are not allowed.
Type	Indicates the type of object.

Item	Description
Style	Composed of [Position/Size], [Declutter], [Line/Fill] and [Button] tab.
Visible	Shows or hides the object according to the tag value.
Blink	Blinks in certain cycle according to the tag value.
V/H-Size	Changes the size of object vertically/horizontally according to the tag value.
V/H-Move	Moves the object vertically/horizontally according to the tag value.
Color	Changes the color of object according to the tag value.
Button Definition	Displays the [Button Config] window.