AdvancedHMI Software
General Category => Support Questions => Topic started by: scott.clark on October 21, 2015, 10:58:41 AM
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I would like to define my messages for the MessageDisplayByValue control in a text file.
Does it support individual BackColor for each message?
What is the structure of the file?
is the file to have a .ini or .txt extension?
When specifying the property IniFileName property, do you include the file extension?
Is there a way to export an existing message collection to create the .ini file?
Thanks!
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This is the files format:
1,Motor Overloaded
2,UnderLayer Side Saftey Door Open -OR- Material Choke in Screw Feed
3,UL Carrier Alarm,Red
4,FM Carrier Alarm,Red
5,Poke or Level Alarm
6,Auto Checker Alarm
7,Press Alarm,Red
I usually create them as a .txt file, but I do believe it will also accept any extension. You do have to specify the extension in the IniFileName property
This is the technique I use:
- Right click the AdvancedHMI project in Solution Explorer and select Add->New Item
- From the list select Text file
- Enter the alarms in the file
- With the alarm file selected in Solution Explorer, go to the Properties Window
- Set CopyToOutputDirectory to Copy if Newer
- Select the MessageDisplayByValue and set the IniFileName property to the name of the text file
Unfortunately there is no easy way to transfer existing messages into a Text file.
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As of v399yBeta12, its latest format:
1, Description go here, [BackgroundColor], [ForegroundColor], [BlinkerBoolean]
This site is also useful to select color:
http://www.flounder.com/csharp_color_table.htm
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I just noticed the wiki page does not have the MesssageDisplayByValue. Would you please add it in. TIA.
https://advancedhmi.com/documentation/index.php/Special:AllPages