Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 212)

Information and Alarm Windows
Chapter 7
7-4
Importing Information Text
Using the text editor of your choice, create an ASCII text file of
information messages in this format:
nnn“ttt...ttt” CR
!this is a comment
nnn = information message number (1–496)
“ ” = start and end of message
ttt = message text (1–70 characters)
CR = Carriage return (information record
delimiter)
!
= comment character
Follow these guidelines in preparing your information message text file:
the message number must be between 1 and 496. The numbers do not
have to be created in ascending order, but they must be unique, i.e., no
two messages can have the same number
the information text must be surrounded by quotation marks (”)
to include a quotation mark (”) in your message, preface it with a
second quotation mark (””)
PanelBuilder will ignore any spaces found outside the quotation marks
do not use any character whose ASCII code is outside the range 32–127.
See Table 10.W for details of the ASCII character set
use the comment character (!) as the first character in the line of a
comment. PanelBuilder will ignore lines that begin with !
make sure your message text is 70 characters or less. If your character
width is set to double, use 35 characters or less. If PanelBuilder detects
a double width message of more than 35 characters, it will warn you and
change the character width to single
when you name your file, use the extension .IMG
From the File menu, choose Windows. Then Enable the Information
Window item. The Information window menu opens. Choose Messages.