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Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications: 54 topics
  1. 3.1Setting up the Panel Application
  2. 3.1.1General Setup - General Settings
  3. 3.1.2General Setup - Custom Settings
  4. 3.1.3Activating Multiple Overlapped Buttons by One Touch
  5. 3.1.4Specifying Default Folder for File I/O
  6. 3.1.5Avoiding Data Corruption Due To Random Power-off
  7. 3.2Working with Keys
  8. 3.2.1Default Key Settings for the Panel Application
  9. 3.2.2Key Settings for a Screen
  10. 3.2.3Key Usage Table Settings
  11. 3.2.4Usage Settings for a Key
  12. 3.3Internal Memory
  13. 3.3.1Types of Internal Memory
  14. 3.3.2Index Registers
  15. 3.3.3System Memory
  16. 3.3.4Setting up Internal Memory
  17. 3.4Communication Links
  18. 3.4.1Types of Communication Links
  19. 3.4.2General Settings for Commnunication Links
  20. 3.4.3Communication Parameter Settings (Serial Port)
  21. 3.4.4Communication Parameter Settings (Ethernet Port)
  22. 3.4.5Sub-link Settings
  23. 3.4.6Sharing Data among Panels Using Data Sharer
  24. 3.4.7Writing Communication Programs Using Macro Commands
  25. 3.4.8Using Gateway Server of the Target Panel
  26. 3.4.8.1Setting up Gateway Service
  27. 3.4.9Selecting Modbus Communication Drivers
  28. 3.4.10Accessing Internal Memory through Ethernet
  29. 3.4.11Accessing Siemens PLC through Ethernet
  30. 3.4.12Using the OPC UA Client Driver
  31. 3.5Sound Table
  32. 3.6Command Block and Status Words
  33. Types of Command Block and Status Words
  34. 3.6.1.1Command & Status - Type A
  35. 3.6.1.2Command & Status - Type H (Binary)
  36. 3.6.1.3Command & Status - Type H (BCD)
  37. 3.6.2Command & Status - General Settings
  38. 3.6.3Command Block Settings (Type A)
  39. 3.6.4Status Word Settings (Type A)
  40. 3.6.5Command Block Settings (Type H)
  41. 3.6.6Status Word Settings (Type H)
  42. 3.6.7Using General Commands
  43. 3.7Setting up Clock Operations
  44. 3.8Setting up Passwords
  45. Screens
  46. 3.9.1Types of Screens
  47. 3.9.2Creating and Opening Screens
  48. 3.9.3Setting up a Screen
  49. 3.9.3.1Screen - General Page
  50. 3.9.3.2Screen - Background Page
  51. 3.9.4Importing/Exporting a Screen
  52. 3.9.5Cutting/Copying/Pasting/Deleting a Screen
  53. 3.9.6Saving Screens as Pictures
  54. 3.9.7Protecting Screens
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Section 3.9.6 · Chapter 3: Creating Panel Applications

Saving Screens as Pictures

This section describes how to save screens as pictures.

■ Saving a screen as a picture

To save a current screen as the bmp or jpg file, you can do the following.

  1. Open and activate the screen as a current screen
  2. Right click anywhere on the current screen, and then click Save Current Screen as Picture… on the pop-up menu.
    - or -
    On the Screen menu, click Save Current Screen as Picture…

■ Saving multiple screens as pictures

You can also use the Save Screens as Pictures dialog box to save a screen or multiple screens as bmp or jpg files. To open the dialog box, click Save Screens as Pictures… on the Screen menu.
The following is an example of the Save Screens as Pictures dialog box.

The following table describes each item in the dialog box.

Property

Description
Panel Application The application Name.
Screen The screen list shows all the screens in the panel application. Click the column header to sort the items.
The following table describes each column in the screen list.
Column Description
Number The screen number. Check the box before the screen number to save the screen as a picture file.
Name The screen name.
Filename The Filename. The default filename is Screen Name+Language Name+S+State Number.
Note: If any of the characters such as /\:*?"<>| in the screen name, they will be converted to underscore ( _ ).
Check All Click the button to check all the screens.
Uncheck All Click the button to uncheck all the screens.
Selections Language The language used to display the text of objects.
State The state that displays the state of objects.
Address Select the address type to display the corresponding address of objects. There are 8 address types: None, Write/Monitor, Write, Monitor, read, Notification, touch Operation Control, and Visibility Control.
File Type Select the file type. There are two types: bmp and jpg.
Save in Folder Specifies the folder to locate the files. If the file exists in the folder, it will be replaced by the new one.
Print Screen Name as Foot Note Check this option to display general screen information, such as foot note. The format of the foot note is Screen Name (#Screen Number); Screen WidthXScreen Height.
Progress <Screen View> Show the selected screen or the screen which is being saved. To select a screen, click its row in the screen list.
<Progress Bar> Show the saving progress after the Save button is clicked.
Save Click the button to save all the selections with the specified conditions.
Close Click the button to exit the dialog box.

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Source.Section 3.9.6 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.