Create graphic libraries, Create graphic libraries -16 – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide User Manual

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To open a graphic library

1. In the Explorer window, open the Graphics folder, and then open the Libraries folder.

2. Double-click the library name, or right-click it and then click Open.

Create graphic libraries

You can create a graphic library in the Libraries folder, or create a graphic display in the
Displays folder and then add the display to the Libraries folder.

To create a graphic library

1. In the Graphics folder, right-click Libraries and then click New.

2. Create the objects you want to put in the library.

For information about creating graphic objects, see Chapter 20.

3. From the File menu select Save, or click the Save tool.

4. In the Component name box, type a name for the library, and then click OK.

The library is added to the list in the Libraries folder.

You can also create a graphic display and then use Add Component Into Application to
add the display to the Libraries folder.

To add a graphic display to the library

1. Create the graphic display.

2. In the Explorer window, in the Graphics folder, right-click the Libraries icon.

3. Click Add Component Into Application.

4. In the dialog box, navigate to the Gfx folder, and then click the .gfx file for the display

to use.

The Gfx folder is located in:

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\RSView
Enterprise\ME\HMI projects\Application Name

(Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003)

or

\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\HMI
projects\Application Name

(Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
2008, and Windows Vista)

Save tool

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