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ActiveX Task Controls
Task List Configuration
The configuration tool allows you to modify server information and its authentication credentials.
Configure a display in a host application

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ActiveX Task Controls
- Home
- ActiveX Task Controls
  - Task Controls in GE HMIs
    The Workflow Task List can be integrated into other GE HMI applications.
  - Install the ActiveX Task List
  - Modify the ActiveX Task List installation configurations
  - Task List Configuration
    The configuration tool allows you to modify server information and its authentication credentials.
    - Configure a display in a host application
    - Create optional displays and events in a host application
    - User Configuration
      When your system requires password encryption for server authentication, you must add user names and passwords. This section is enabled only when the Password Encryption option in the Server Authentication section is selected.
    - Server Authentication
      There are three different methods for selecting how a user connects to the server in order to access the Task List.
  - Task List in HMIs
    The Task List is an ActiveX control that displays the Workflow Task List in a host application. The ActiveX Task List provides users with a list of tasks for a workflow.
  - Task Indicator in HMIs
    The Task Indicator provides a user with relevant information regarding the status of the ActiveX Task List.

Configure a display in a host application

Before you begin

Note: At a single workstation, only one Task Indicator object and one ActiveX Task List object can be connected at a time per HMI application instance.

Procedure

In your host application, add an OLE object. For more information, see the host application's online help.
To create a control, select:
- Proficy Task List Control, or
- Proficy Task List Indicator Control.

To configure the control's properties, right-click the control, and then:

Select...	To enter or modify...
EquipmentName	the name for a linked piece of equipment to be used in the Task List. Note: This name must match the S95 ID for the equipment found in the Universal Browser. For more information, see Add a resource to the equipment model.
ProficySOALoginUser	a login user name. Tip: Property configuration is not required for Manual Login.
ProficySOALoginPassword	a login password.

Configure your host application to handle selected events.