Overview
This page is a guide on using the "Paste Tags" feature on displays. The feature allows for direct integration of solution tags into displays, streamlining the configuration process and enhancing data visualization. Additionally, we discuss how to copy and paste tags onto symbols, emphasizing that when copying and pasting a tag from a custom type that shares the same name as a symbol, the symbol will be pasted with the tag already configured.
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Pasting Tags to Displays
This section covers the process of creating or selecting tags, copying them, and pasting them directly into the display area. It also explains how to automatically format simple tags, arrays, and custom types, as well as how to paste tags onto symbols with matching names, ensuring accurate and seamless tag integration within the display environment. Topics include tag creation, copying and pasting tags, formatting different tag types, and handling symbol integration.
Create or Select Tags in the Solution
The first step to use this feature is to create a Tag in your Solution. This tag can be a simple one, an array or Custom Type.
To better understand the feature, three examples are shown below. The tags created are as follows:
1. Tag.Integer -- Integer DataType -- Array of 10 elements.
2. Tag.Digital -- Digital DataType -- Simple Tag.
3. Tag.Custom -- Custom DataType --
Sub-Elements: Element1 (Integer), Element2 (Integer.)
Copy Selected Tags to Clipboard
Now that our tags were created, we can start adding them to the display. Right-click the Test Tag, and select Copy Selected Row option.
Paste Tags in the Draw area
Go to the Draw Environment, at the desired Page. Right-click the display and select Paste. You should see the Tag being inserted into the display, already formatted with a TextOutput, for label, and a TextBox for displaying value.
The same logic can be applied for array Tags. Copy the Tag row from Unified Namespace → Tags related to Integer array. All elements should appear formatted when Pasted into a page.
Lastly, for a Custom Type Tag, Copy the Parent element from Unified Namespace → Tags and Paste it into your page. The child elements will be automatically formatted at the Display.
Paste Tags with Symbols
When pasting Tags, instead of the TextIO property, it's possible to define a Symbol, that will be inserted in the displays, with the biding to the selected tag.
That configuration is described at the page Smart Symbols.
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