Working directory for operating system commands, Arrange processbook entries – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide User Manual

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Work with a ProcessBook

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If you need to move the original entry to another directory or

ProcessBook, you must redefine the link between the ProcessBooks. If you

move both the original and the linked item and the relationship between the
two file paths is unchanged, you do not need to relink.

Working Directory for Operating System

Commands

The Define ProcessBook Entry dialog box has a text box where you can
enter the working directory. The command line recognizes file extension
associations.

For example, in the past you needed to enter a command like:

C:\EXCEL\EXCEL.EXE C:\MYWORK\MINE.XLS

Now you can use a command like:

C:\MYWORK\MINE.XLS

In other words, if the string works for the Run command under the File
menu of the Program Manager, it will work in FactoryTalk Historian
ProcessBook.

Some applications that you can access with an operating system command,
such as MS Excel, allow only one copy of the application to open, even if
you execute the command several times.

Arrange ProcessBook Entries

Once you have created your entry titles, it is a good idea to consider how
they are arranged in your ProcessBook. Each ProcessBook gives two
possible views of your entry titles, Book View (page 50) and Outline View
(page 53).

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