This section describes how to define the general settings of a recipe
selector. The following is an example of the General page.

The following table describes each property in the General page.
|
Property
|
Description |
|
ID |
The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object
is created and is unchangeable. The identifier is unique
within the screen where the object is located. The
format of the IDs for the recipe selectors is RSnnnn. |
|
Note |
You can type a note for the object. |
|
Shape settings |
For details about the following properties,
Section 4.3.4 Setting up the Shape
of an Object.
,
Border Color, BG Color |
|
Type |
Select one of the following types for the recipe
selector: |
|
Type |
Description |
|
List |
The list box is displayed at all times. You can select a
recipe from all the listed recipes in the list box. |
|
Drop-down List |
The list box is not displayed unless the user clicks the
down arrow icon next to the static-text control. You can
select a recipe from the drop-down list and the name of
the selected recipe will be shown in the static-text
control. |
|
Character Entry |
Allows the operator to enter the full name or partial
name of the recipe to be selected. The selectors will
try to find the recipe whose name completely matches
with the input string first. If such recipe does not
exist, the selectors will try to find the first recipe
that the preceding part of its name matches exactly with
the input string. |
|
Drop-down List with Character Entry |
You can click the character entry control on the left to
select a recipe by entering the full name or partial
name of the recipe in the popup keypad. Or you can click
the down arrow icon to select a recipe from the
drop-down list. |
|
Recipe Block |
Select the recipe block whose recipe is to be selected
by the Recipe Selector object. |
|
Recipe Name |
Select a data item from the list as the recipe name. You
can select any data items with Byte Array (Character
String) or Word Array (Double-Byte Character String) data type as
the name of the recipe from the drop down list. |
|
Sort by Recipe Name |
Check this option to automatically sort all recipe names
added to the list box. |
|
Accept Bar Code Input |
Check this option if you want to select a recipe by the
bar code input from a USB bar code reader. This item is
available only when the type is Character Entry or
Drop-down List with Character Entry. The bar code can be
accepted in the popup keypad. |
|
Font |
The font of the displayed string. |
|
Text Color |
The color of the displayed string. |
|
Scroll Bar Width |
Specify the width of the vertical scroll bar. |
Source.Section 11.6.4 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.
Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.