Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 644)

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Specifying user login and logout macros
You can assign login and logout macros to any user or group of users listed in the
Runtime Security editor, in FactoryTalk View Studio. Any macro component, containing
any FactoryTalk View command, can be a login or logout macro.
For example, a login macro might contain a command to bring up a specific graphic
display in an area of the plant. A logout macro might contain commands to redefine
sensitive keys.
A user’s login macro runs when the user logs on to the FactoryTalk View SE Client.
If the client is already running when the user logs on, the current user is logged off. If the
current user is assigned a logout macro, the logout macro runs once the new user’s name
and password are accepted.
In a network distributed application, a login or logout macro will only run in the area
where it’s located.
For example, if you specify a login macro located in the Bottling area, when the user logs
on to the a FactoryTalk View SE Client, the macro will run only if the Bottling area is the
client’s home area.
For more information about logging on and off at run time, and about assigning login and
logout macros to users, see Chapter 5, Setting up security.
Creating client keys
A client key is associated with commands or macros that run when the key is pressed.
Client keys are similar to object keys and display keys, except client keys are not
dependent on a particular graphic object or display. Client keys are associated with the
FactoryTalk View SE Client, and are active at all times.
Use client keys to let operators perform actions without having to open a particular
graphic display. For example, you might create a client key that recalls an overview menu,
to let operators open the menu regardless of where they are in the application.
To create a client key, you create a client key component in the Client Keys editor. A
single component can contain more than one client key definition.
To open the Client Keys editor
 In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, open the Logic and Control
folder, right-click Client Keys, and then select New.
You specify the client’s home area when you select components for the client configuration file.
For more information, click Help in the FactoryTalk View SE Client wizard.