Rockwell Automation 5370-CUPK Color CVIM USER-PAK Option User Manual

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Chapter 8

Defining Strings for Serial Ports and Viewports

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Example 1 – Creating a Special Character

The labels for the

Graph

viewport (0

→ and 63→ ) were created using

Text

viewport strings.

Figure 8.11 Example of special characters in a runtime display

Example 1

Generating the arrow character required the used of a character code within
the string text – that is, the

/

character followed by a number representing

the character. The string text for

0

→ is shown below. In the string text

shown, the code

/173

represents the arrow (

→) character.

Figure 8.12 Example of string text used in creating special characters in a viewport

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