Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 485)

Glossary–3
Publication 2711-6.0
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t link – Data Highway Plust link. An Allen-Bradley
token-passing baseband link for a local area network.
dialog – A window that opens temporarily to request information.
Dialogs have options you must choose before PanelBuilder can carry
out a command.
dimmed – Unavailable or disabled. A dimmed button or command
is displayed in light gray instead of black, and it cannot be chosen.
double-click – To rapidly press and release a mouse button twice
without moving the mouse. Double-clicking carries out an action
like opening a dialog box.
download – The process of transferring an application from the
computer running PanelBuilder to a PanelView terminal, PC
memory card or DOS file.
drag – To move an item on the screen by selecting the item and then
pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the
mouse.
dynamic object – An object that interacts with a controller address.
format bar – A horizontal bar that appears below the tool bar. The
format bar contains tools for formatting objects and text. Commands
on the format menu carry out the same action as the tools on the
format bar.
function keys – A set of keys (labeled F1–F10, F1–F16 or F1-F21)
on the PanelView terminals that are used to initiate a function.
import – To bring a bitmap graphic into PanelBuilder from another
package.
inner text – Text that appears inside an object that’s linked to the
object. When an object is moved or deleted so is the inner text.
ISA– Refers to Instrumentation Society of America.
keypad – 18 keys on the PanelView terminal used to enter data.
memory card – A storage medium similar to a PC memory card
which can store a PanelBuilder application.
menu – A list of available commands in the PanelBuilder
application. Menu names appear in the menu bar at the top of the
window.
menu bar – The horizontal bar containing the names of
PanelBuilder menus. It appears below the title bar.