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The first step to use this feature is to create a tag Tag in your project Project. This tag can be a simple one such as , an array or a custom typeCustom Type. 

To better understand the feature, three examples are shown below. The tags created are as follows:

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1.	Tag.Integer1 -- Integer DataType -- Simple Tag.
2.	Tag.Digital1 -- Digital DataType -- Array of 10 elements.
3.	Tag.CustomType -- Custom DataType
-- Sub-Elements: Element1 (Integer), Element2 (Integer.)


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No Now that our tags are were created, we can start adding them to the display. Right-click on the at Integer1 tagTag, and select the  Copy Selected Row option.


 

Navigate to the Draw environment in your desired pageEnvironment, at the desired Page. Right-click on at the display and select Paste. You should see the tag Tag being inserted into the display, and it should be already formatted with a TextOutput as its , for label, and a TextBox as its for displaying value.

 

The same logic can be applied for array tagsTags. Copy the tag Tag row related to Digital1 Array from Edit-Tags-Objects related to Digital1 Array. All elements should appear formatted when pasted Pasted into a page.


Lastly, for a custom type tag, copy the parent Custom Type Tag, Copy the Parent element from Edit-Tags-Objects and paste  Paste it into your page. The child elements will be automatically formatted in at the displayDisplay.



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Copy and Paste Tags to Symbols

A symbol can be created and given When exists symbol with the same name as of custom type, the copy and paste of a tag template. When this happens and someone pastes a tag from that tag template into the draw area, the symbol with the same name as the tag template will be pasted along with all of its tag template structure instead of the default text output that is normally pasted when you copy/paste a tag onto the draw screenfrom this custom type to a page will not paste the tag to a Text Output, it will paste the symbol with the tag already configured.

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Custom Type “Motor” and tag array Motors for motor type.


The symbol Below is the Motorsymbol using the motor custom type:

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Executing copy of Motors tag to a page will past all motors symbols created and configured with the right tag:


It is possible to execute this operation with custom type inside of custom type with several different custom types type at same time.