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Chapter 4: Designing Screens: 48 topics
  1. 4.1Drawing Basic Shapes
  2. 4.1.1Drawing Dots
  3. 4.1.2Drawing Lines
  4. 4.1.3Drawing Polylines
  5. 4.1.4Drawing Rectangles
  6. 4.1.5Drawing Circles
  7. 4.1.6Drawing Ellipses
  8. 4.1.7Drawing Arcs
  9. 4.1.8Drawing Pie Shapes
  10. 4.1.9Drawing Polygons
  11. 4.1.10Drawing Text Objects
  12. 4.1.10.1Text Object - General Settings
  13. 4.1.11Drawing Picture Objects
  14. 4.1.12Drawing Scales
  15. 4.1.13Drawing Tables
  16. 4.1.13.1Table - General Settings
  17. 4.1.13.2Table - Cell Settings
  18. 4.2Editing Objects
  19. 4.2.1Selecting and De-selecting Objects
  20. 4.2.2Basic Operations with the Selected Area
  21. 4.2.3Duplicating Objects
  22. 4.2.4Aligning Objects
  23. 4.2.5Making Objects Same Size
  24. 4.2.6Arranging the Order of Objects
  25. 4.2.6.1Changing the Order of Objects
  26. 4.3Designing Object Appearance
  27. 4.3.1Selecting a Color
  28. 4.3.2Selecting a Pattern
  29. 4.3.3Selecting a Graphical Shape
  30. 4.3.4Setting up the Shape of an Object
  31. 4.3.5Label Settings
  32. 4.3.5.1Text Sub-page Settings
  33. 4.3.5.2Picture Sub-page Settings
  34. 4.3.6Text Settings
  35. 4.3.7Picture Settings
  36. 4.3.8External Label Settings
  37. Setting up Objects
  38. 4.4.1States of Objects
  39. 4.4.1.1State Types
  40. 4.4.1.2Setting the Custom States of an Object
  41. 4.4.2Operation Options of Objects
  42. 4.4.3Address Settings
  43. 4.4.3.1Terminologies for Data Accessing
  44. 4.4.3.2Address Input Keypad
  45. 4.4.3.3Selecting Tags
  46. 4.4.4Setting up Objects - Scale Settings
  47. 4.4.5Setting up Objects - Advanced Settings
  48. 4.4.6Visibility Settings
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Section 4.1.13.1 · Chapter 4: Designing Screens

Table - General Settings

This section describes how to define the general settings for the table objects. The following is an example of the General page of the Table Object dialog box.

The following table describes each property in the General page of the Table dialog box.

Item

 Description
ID The object’s identifier 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 tables is TBLnnnn.
Note You can type a note for the object.
Shape settings For details about the following properties, see Section 4.3.4 Setting up the Shape of an Object. , Border Color, BG Color
Cell Number of rows Specifies the number of rows in the table.
Number of columns Specifies the number of columns in the table.
Distribute rows evenly Check this option if you want the rows of the table to be always distributed evenly. Uncheck this option if you want to adjust the heights of the rows.
Distribute columns evenly Check this option if you want the columns of the table to be always distributed evenly. Uncheck this option if you want to adjust the widths of the columns.
Drag and drop Check this option so you can drag and drop an object into a cell of the table. Note that not all kinds of objects can be placed in the cells of the table.
Grid Vertical Check this option if you want the table to have vertical grid lines.
Horizontal Check this option if you want the table to have horizontal grid lines.
Style Specifies the style for the grid lines.
Color Specifies the color for the grid lines.

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Source.Section 4.1.13.1 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.