7.2.2 Comment Settings

Comment is an object to output the strings according to the comment table. You can add comment object through icon of Toolbox, [Draw] Menu, [View] – [Drawing Tool]. Press the icon and click on the page to create the comment object. When you right-click on the page, the object is created with the color reversed.

To use comment object, comment table has to be configured first.

Please refer to ‘Comment Table’ for the configuration of comment table.

Comment Object Configuration

You can find comment object through icon in Toolbox, [Draw] Menu, [View] – [Drawing Tool]. When you add the object on the graphic page, a dialog box as shown below will appear.

Item	Description
Group tag name	Register a tag to assign the string’s group. You have to enter the tag name or operation expression or group number. You can find the tag with button or manually input the tag name. Only a digital or an analog tag can be registered. When you use a digital tag, you can only use group 0 and 1. It is not recommended to use tags which are used as Column / Comment tag.
Comment tag name	Register a tag to assign the string’s row. You have to enter the tag name or operation expression or row number. You can find the tag with button or manually input the tag name. Only a digital or an analog tag can be registered. When you use a digital tag, you can only use row 0 and 1. It is not recommended to use tags which are used as Column / Group tag.
Preview	Displays an example of the comment which is currently figured by the values of Group Tag Name and Comment Tag Name. E.g.) Group Tag Name : 0, Comment Tag Name : 2, Column tag Name : 0 → The string entered in Group 0, Row 2, Column 0 will appear in the preview area.

Object Configuration

You can configure the comment object with basic control features such as [Visible], [Blink], [Touch], etc. In addition to the basic control features, you can configure the comment objects’ feature. To open the [Object Configuration] window, double click the object or right-click the object and select [Object Config] in the pop up menu. You can also select the object then go to [Edit] – [Object Config].

Item	Description
Name	Designate a name to the object. You cannot use space as object’s name.
Type	Indicates the type of object.

Item	Description
Style	Composed of [Position/Size], [Declutter], [Line/Fill] tabs.
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.
V/H-Fill	Fills the object with color vertically/horizontally according to the tag value.
V/H-Slider	Slides the object vertically/horizontally and changes the tag value according to the coordinate.
Color	Changes the color of object according to the tag value.
Touch	Executes a defined operation when the object is pressed or released.
Rotate	Rotates the object with assigned angle according to the tag value.
EntryData	Inputs data with data entry window when the object is clicked.
Comment	Shows the configuration window of the comment object.

Please refer to ‘Object Configuration’ for more information.