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2. Place a Symbol Object on a CimEdit Screen
About this task
Place an Object Explorer object on a CimEdit screen.
Place a SmartObject on a CimEdit screen.
Place an Object Explorer object on a CimEdit screen
Procedure
Open the Object Explorer through CimEdit.
Find and select an object using the mouse or the keyboard.
Mouse
Click any object to select it.
Keyboard
Keyboard keys operated in the Symbols window as follows.
Keys
Function in Symbols window
Tab
Move to the portion (the category tree or the object grid) of the Object Explorer that you want to affect
Arrows
Select the object that is next to the current object in the direction of the arrow when an object is already selected
Home
Select the top-left most object
End
Select the bottom-right most object.
Do one of the following to insert an object on a CimEdit screen.
Note: When the object is inserted on the CimEdit screen, it may be linked or stand-alone based on whether or not the Link named objects as default checkbox is checked or clear in the Global Configuration dialog box.
Drag a selected object to where you want it in the CimEdit workspace.
You can place a copy of or link to an Object Explorer object on the CimEdit screen.
Double-click the left mouse button on the desired object.
Select an object; press Enter.
Result
If the object is not a SmartObject, depending on the method you used, it is placed:
Where you dragged it or
In the center of the last active CimEdit window; that window becomes the foreground window.
If the object is a SmartObject:
A SmartObject Configuration dialog box may open for pre-placement configuration.
Note: If the SmartObject Configuration dialog box does not open for pre-placement, to open it, double-click the object after it is placed on the screen
Place a SmartObject on a CimEdit screen
Select an object that is in the CIMPLICITY SmartObjects folder.
The SmartObject Configuration dialog box for the selected object opens.
Fill in the fields that display for the selected object.
Click OK.
The SmartObject is placed on the CimEdit screen.
Make sure the project is running.
Click Test Screen to test the SmartObject.
Results
The SmartObject display reflects the specifications entered in the SmartObject Configuration dialog box.