Editing screen displays, Editing screen displays -4 – Rockwell Automation 2707-NP2 MICROVIEW SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING MANUAL User Manual

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5-4 Using Screen Builder

Editing Screen Displays

When you are editing screen text, the following editing operations are
available:

Screen Text Edit Functions

The extended MicroView character set can be used, refer to Appendix
A for additional information.

Screen Builder Function keys
The following function keys are available on most screen types.

Screen Edit Key

Function

[

] [ ] [

] [

]

Move the screen cursor.

[Del]

Deletes the character at the cursor position.

[Back Space]

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor position.
The cursor is moved to the left one space.

[Ins]

Toggles the insert mode on or off. Characters entered in
the insert mode are shifted to the right. A block shaped
cursor indicates the insert mode is on. An underline
cursor indicates that insert mode is off.

Function Key

Designation

Function

[F3]

LINK SCREENS

Accesses screen mapping functions that link
application screens in a logical sequence.
Link screens only after all of the screens have
been created.

[F4]

COPY SCREEN

Copies an existing screen to or from the current
display window. Both the source and destination
screens must be of the same type (such as Data
Display screens).

[F7]

CLEAR SCREEN

Clears the current screen. You have the option of
clearing only the screen text or deleting the entire
screen including any linking you may have
established.

[F8]

CHANGE

SCREEN

Displays menu for selecting another screen.

[F9]

SAVE

Saves the application without exiting the Screen
Builder function.

[F10]

EXIT

Prompts you to save the application to the current
file and exits the DPS software.

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