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4.1. CimLayout: Screen Container Type
About this task
A CimLayout screen container type consists of one screen only. It is used as the last container for each CimLayout section.
Example: Screen Containers
A CimLayout container is divided into four sections; each section holds a screen container.
A
B
C
D
Screen container.
Procedure
Right-click a location node that does not include a screen in the CimLayout Configuration Editor left-pane.
Location nodes are:
Location
Description
Left/Top
Left or top side of the CimLayout section.
Right/Bottom
Right of bottom side of the CimLayout section.
Note:
The actual screen location, e.g. left or top, is determined by the selected orientation.
There is no reason to use a ScreenContainer type at the top level; it almost always will be used at the last level.
Do either of the following.
Click Edit>Add Configuration Object on the CimLayout Configuration Editor menu bar.
Right-click the selection; select Add Configuration Object on the Popup menu.
An Add Configuration Object dialog box opens.
Enter and select the following.
Field
Description
Name
Identifies the selected container.
Type
ScreenContainer
Click OK.
The named configuration object is added to the CimLayout container; no additional objects can be added to this screen container object's section of the layout.
Configure the object in the CimLayout Configuration Editor right-pane, as follows.
Field
Description
DefaultScreen
Screen that will display in the selected location.
Note: Do any of the following to select the screen.
Enter a name and absolute or relative path in the DefaultScreen field.
Click the button to the right of the DefaultScreen field; find and select the screen that will be used.
Drag a screen from the CimLayout Configuration Editor lower right-pane either to the:
Configuration object in the left-pane.
DefaultScreen field in the configuration object's right-pane.
NavigationBar
Choose either of the following to display or hide the project's selected Navigation bar for the selected screen.
true
Display the Navigation bar.
false
Hide the Navigation bar.
Project
Project name to fully qualify unqualified point ID's for the selected screen.
Status bar
Choose either of the following to display or hide the selected screen's status bar.
true
Display the status bar.
false
Hide the status bar.
ToolBar
Choose either of the following to display or hide the selected screen's toolbar.
true
Display the toolbar.
false
Hide the toolbar.
ZoomLevel
Percent of the actual screen size that the screen will display when the CimLayout container opens.
Note: The zoom level is particularly helpful if screens that are different sizes will be included in the layout.
Example: Two Screens/One Zoomed
Two screens, an Overview screen and an Alarm Viewer, are included in a CimLayout configuration. The Overview screen is 80% as wide as the Alarm Viewer. The Alarm Viewer is set to 80, with a normal ZoomMode.
When the CimLayout configuration is opened, the two screens are the exact same width.
Note: The screen size display if the container size changes depends on other selections for the container.
ZoomMode
Select one of the following
BestFit
Screen is automatically resized to fit the section of the container allocated to the selected screen.
Normal
Screen displays in its real selected zoom level size.
