State operations – Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual User Manual

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Working with Objects

Publication 2711-6.0

State Operations

Operations you can perform on states are accessed from a popup
menu. To open the menu, hold down the right mouse button or type

CTRL+M

.

Select:

To:

Cut

Cut the selected state to the clipboard.

Copy

Copy the selected state to the clipboard.

Paste

Paste the previously cut or copied row from the
clipboard.

Insert and Paste

Paste the copied or cut state above the current row.

Append State

Add a new state after the last state. The new state
is created with the defaults from state 0.

Insert State

Insert a state above the current row.

Delete State

Permanently remove the selected state.

Move State Up

Moves the selected state up one row.

Move State Down

Move the selected state down one row.

Embedded Variable

Open a submenu for inserting a time, date, numeric
or ASCII variable in the Text field.

A placeholder is inserted in the text for the variable.
/*T*/

Time placeholder

/*D*/

Date placeholder

/*A:12 */

ASCII placeholder

/*V:12 NOFILL FIX:0*/

Numeric placeholder

The time and date are formatted according to
settings in the Terminal Setup dialog.

A dialog opens when Variable or ASCII is selected,
allowing you to format the variable. The placeholder
is updated with the specified format (/*V:6 NOFILL
FIX:0*/ or /*A8 */).

To edit a numeric or ASCII variable, select the
placeholder and choose Edit Variable from the
Embedded Variable menu.

Use Existing Text

Open the Use Existing Text dialog (in read only
mode) allowing you to use a message that already
exists in the application. See Chapter 18 for details.

New Text ID

Change the message number associated with the
text for the current row to the next available number.

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