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Overview

The Multi-Screen Engineering tool is also known as the Multiple Document Interface (MDI)

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 MDI stands for a graphical user interface in which multiple windows reside under a single parent window.

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How to Use

The Multiple Document Interface Tool  The Multi-Screen Engineering tool is available in two environments, : Draw and Scripts.

New MDI is a new engineering environment feature that allows the user to edit multiple displays or scripts at the same time. This way it is possible , which makes it easier to copy content between documents easily, facilitate facilitates comparison between different documents, and decrease decreases the switching time between documents that are being edited.It is also possible to close a document that is open in the last document bar on top

Warning

The MDI feature only works along with a properly-working WebServer.


Draw Environment

At In the Draw Editor Tab tab (Edit -Draw-Drawing) you should see , the MDI enable button at is in the toolbar located on at the top of the display.

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If the button is not available, close the current Projectproject, make sure a WebServer application in is running, and launch the Project project again.


Once this button is clicked, a child window will be opened open and the Page page will enter a locked state.

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MDI Enable in Draw Environment.

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Child Display for Draw Editor.

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In Edit -Displays-Displaysyou can see which Users users are editing a page.

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Scripts Environment 

At In the Scripts Environment environment (Edit -Scripts-Tasks/Classes) you should see , the MDI enable button at is in the toolbar located on the top of the display.

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If the button is not available, close the current Projectproject, make sure a WebServer application in is running, and launch the Project project again.

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Once this button is clicked, a child window will be opened open with the Code Editor Environmentenvironment.

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In Edit -Scripts-Tasks/Classesyou can see which Users users are editing a page.

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Switch Between Documents

On the Project Header Bar project header bar, you can easily navigate through the last opened pages and code editors.

This feature provides easy access to the recently used information, enhancing enhances user experience, and improving improves the workflow.

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This feature also allows you to close a document that is open in the last document bar. 

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