Toolbars and Menus

The Discover and Auto Configure provides a standard toolbar for performing common operations, as well as the standard menus.

In addition, the Discover and Auto Configure provides a search feature and a right-click menu to make selections from. For more information on the Find feature, see Discover and Auto Configure Application.

The Standard Toolbar

The following table describes the standard toolbar options. These options are available with every Discovery Agent and target application.

Click this button...

To...

Locate and load the .DAC file you want to work with.

Save the .DAC file that is currently open. If the .DAC file does not already exist, the Save As dialog box appears.

Open the Save As dialog box where you can browse to the location you want to save your .DAC file in.

Open the Find dialog box.

Open the Discover and Auto Configure online Help.

Open the About dialog box.

To view the toolbar buttons specific to the iFIX target application, see The iFIX Wizards Toolbar and Right-Click Menu.

The Standard Menus

The following table describes the standard menu options. These options are available with every Discovery Agent and target application.

Menu Name

Menu Option

Description

File

Open

Open a browser dialog box to locate the .DAC file you want to open.

Save

Save the currently open .DAC file. If the .DAC file has not yet been saved, the Save As dialog appears.

Save As

Open the Save As dialog box to save the spreadsheet as a .DAC file in the desired location.

Export to .CSV

Open the Save As dialog box to save the spreadsheet as a .CSV file in the desired location.

Run Discovery Agent

Open the Discovery Agent Selection Wizard to extract tag information from the same project file or a different project file.

Exit

Exit the Discover and Auto Configure application.

Edit

Select All

Select all of the rows displayed in the spreadsheet.

Unselect All

Clear the Select check boxes of all the selected rows.

Clear Selected Rows

Clear the tag information from the target (right) side of the spreadsheet for the selected rows.

NOTES:

  • Clearing rows does not clear the rows on the Discovery Agent (left) side of the spreadsheet.
  • Clearing rows does not delete the tags from the target database.

Clear All Rows

Clear the tag information from the target (right) side of the spreadsheet for all rows.

NOTES:

  • Clearing rows does not clear the rows on the Discovery Agent (left) side of the spreadsheet.
  • Clearing rows does not delete the tags from the target database.

Find

Find the tag information using the specified search criteria.

View

Toolbars

Select to show the toolbars.
Select again to hide the toolbars.

NOTE: Toolbars are displayed by default.

Status Bar

Select to show the status bar.
Select again to hide the status bar.

NOTE: The status bar is displayed by default.

Target Column Settings

Select to show the column settings for:

  • Current Project
  • Default Settings for iFIX

Help

Help Topics

Open the Discover and Auto Configure online help.

About Discover and Auto Configure

Open the About Discover and Auto Configure dialog box.

The Right-Click Menu

The following table describes the common right-click menu options. These options are available with every Discovery Agent and target application. For information about the right-click menu options for your target application, refer to the toolbar and right-click menu help topic for your specific target application.

Choose this menu item...

To...

Select All

Select all of the rows displayed in the spreadsheet.

Unselect All

Clear the Select check boxes of all the selected rows.

Clear Selected Rows

Clear the tag information from the target (right) side of the spreadsheet for the selected rows.

NOTES:

  • Clearing rows does not clear the rows on the Discovery Agent (left) side of the spreadsheet.
  • Clearing rows does not delete the tags from the target database.

Clear All Rows

Clear the tag information from the target (right) side of the spreadsheet for all rows.

NOTES:

  • Clearing rows does not clear the rows on the Discovery Agent (left) side of the spreadsheet.
  • Clearing rows does not delete the tags from the target database.

 

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