Rockwell Automation 5370-UPK CVIM USER-PAK Option User Manual

Page 38

Advertising
background image

Chapter 5

Modifying the CVIM Menus

5–11

use the

EOL

character to create enough lines to account for all the

lines in the menu item, in order to have the background color filled in
for all lines (even if some lines have no text).

For example, the

All Tools

menu item on the runtime menu contains

two lines. Within the

All Tools

dictionary entry, there is an

EOL

(

)

character after the word

All

which creates another line within the

dictionary entry. The diagram below shows the effect that removing
the

EOL

character would have on the displayed menu item:

Without
EOL
Character

With EOL
Character

Esc

Escape: Use to abandon any changes you make. Pick the

Esc

key (or

pick any other menu item) before picking the

Ret

key.

When you have finished editing an entry: You have these options –

(1) Pick the

Ret

key; the dictionary entry is changed to the text you have

entered. The

Status:

field displays the message

Dictionary Entry

Changed.

(2) Pick the

Esc

key to exit from the edit without changing the text. The

search string or dictionary ID is displayed. The entry will remain as last
edited.

To restore the original text to a modified entry: Locate the dictionary
entry you want to restore (if it is not currently displayed), using either search
method. When the desired entry appears in the

New Text:

field:

Pick

Cl

, and then pick

Ret

. The

Status:

field displays the message

Base CVIM Text Restored

(if the text has not been previously modified,

the

Status:

field displays the message –

Invalid Replacement Text

).

To restore all the original menus and text, or load previously stored
modifications, see “Archiving Menu Modifications” later in this chapter.

Advertising