Rockwell Automation 2711E-ND1 Reference Manual PanelBuilder 1400e - Manual (Page 124)

118 Screen Selectors
Publication 2711E-6.15 – November 1998
If one of these situations occurs, or if the operator selects a screen
that does not exist, an error message is displayed and the screen does
not change.
You can use screen selectors to call up any screens in the application,
including Alarm History and Alarm Status screens.
When the operator presses the Goto Screen button, the screen
associated with the button is displayed. When the operator presses
the Return to Previous Screen button, the previously displayed
screen reappears.
Tip: Include a Goto Screen button labeled “View Current Status” in
a screen and configure the button to go to a screen displaying the
current status. That screen would include a Return to Previous
Screen button, so the operator could easily return. For a touch screen
application, configure a Goto Screen button labeled “Select New
Screen” to go to a screen displaying a Screen Select Keypad. For a
keypad application, use a Screen Keypad Enable button. The
operator could then select the desired screen by entering the screen
number.
Note: The PanelView terminal remembers only the last screen. You
cannot back up through a succession of screens with Return To
Previous Screen buttons.
Important: In PanelBuilder, if you delete or renumber a screen that
is assigned to Goto Screen buttons, you must assign a
new screen to each of the affected buttons. Otherwise
the application will not run properly.
Configuring the Goto Screen and Return to Previous Screen
Buttons
Configure the Goto Screen and Return to Previous Screen buttons
according to this table:
Field Meaning
Name Assign a name, up to 15 characters, to document the object for
printed reports. This increases the application’s size by 1 byte
per character.
Button Type Select Goto Screen Button or Return to Previous Screen
Button.
Go to Screen For Goto Screen buttons, specify which screen will be displayed
when the operator presses this button.
Function Key
(Keypad only) Specify which function key the operator must press to activate
this button.
Goto Screen and Return to
Previous Screen Buttons
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