Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 516)

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replace the parameter #1 with the structure tag name and then derive their values from the
structure elements they have been set up to read.
To carry the same parameters forward another level, the Goto display button on the
Logix_PIDE faceplate display has the parameter list option on its General tab selected,
and the parameter {#1} typed in. When this button is pressed, the Trend faceplate opens,
and its objects in turn replace their #1 parameters with the same structure tag name, and
read their values from the appropriate elements.
Use global objects
FactoryTalk View global objects allow you to link the appearance and behavior of a
graphic object to multiple copies of that object. When you update the original object, the
changes are automatically applied to all the copies of the object.
You create global objects in global object displays, in the Global Objects folder of the
Explorer window. The objects you create in a global object display are called base objects.
You can copy or drag base objects into standard graphic displays. The copied object is
called a reference object. You can copy a global object into any number of graphic
displays, and multiple times into the same graphic display.
Global object displays have the file extension .ggfx. They are stored in this default
location.
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\RSView
Enterprise\ME\HMI projects\Application Name\Global Objects
(Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003)
or
\Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\HMI
projects\Application Name\Global Objects
(Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server
2008, and Windows Vista)
where Application Name is the name of your application.
Summary of steps
Follow these steps to set up global objects:
1. In the Graphics editor, create a global object display. For more information, see the
next section.