Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 323)

The Objects
Chapter 10
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Date Display
The Date Display displays the current date at a specified location on a
screen. The date is displayed in the format mm/dd/yy (month, day, year).
You can enclose the date display in a border for added emphasis.
Use the PanelView terminal’s Configuration Menu or the PLC Controlled
Time & Date option (under Options in the File menu) to set the correct date
on your PanelView terminal.
The Local Message Display consists of two components: the Local
Message Display object that you can place on any screen, and the Local
Message List.
For Version 5 PanelBuilder, this Local Message List can contain up to 875
messages. Versions 4 and earlier allow up to 496 messages. You can edit
the messages in the list any time you are adding or editing a Local Message
Display object. In other words, the Local Message List is accessible to all
the Local Message Display objects through the entire application file.
Once you create the Local Message Display object, the PLC value
associated with this object determines which of the messages is displayed.
For example, if the PLC value is 39, then message number 39 will be
displayed in the Local Message Display.
Local Messages are similar to Information Messages in that the PLC
controller controls which message is displayed. An Information Message,
however, is displayed in its own window on top of any screen. A Local
Message is part of a screen containing a Local Message Display.
Displays can be single or multiple lines: if you configure a single line
display, when a message is triggered the text will be automatically
centered. A multiple line display will automatically start at the top left
corner, with automatic word wrapping.
A message can have a maximum of 72 characters (or less, depending on
the display area)—any additional characters won’t be displayed.
Importing and Exporting Messages
You can import and export ASCII text files as text for local messages.
Local Message Display