Rockwell Automation 8520-9API 9/Series OCI API Developer's Guide User Manual

Page 39

Advertising
background image

3–18

OCI Basic Display Set (BDS)

Publication 8520-6.6 - August 1999

A zero in the screen pointer field indicates that no screen is called
when that softkey is pressed. New screen numbers added to Basic
Display Set should be numbered 1501 or higher (below 1501 is
reserved by Allen–Bradley). This will help protect the integrity of
your edits if any future Allen Bradley updates are installed on your
OCI system.

Exiting Softkey Edit Mode

After you have completed the necessary changes to the softkey tree
and screen pointers added you must save and exit the softkey editor.

Exit the softkey editor by selecting “Softkey Tree” under the “Setup”
menu.

You are prompted to save or discard your changes.

Calling the Screen Pointer in Source Code

Once you have added the necessary softkey and screen pointers you
must make modifications to your source code to call the proper
screens. Screens are called using two subroutines of the Basic
Display Set:

Advertising