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ChartView Overview

ChartView Overview
1

Annotate using Ink Surface button

1. Annotate using Ink Surface button
Click this button to enable/disable the Ink Annotation surface.  When enabled, you can annotate the Chart view using the Ink annotation functions.
2

Open Ink File button

2. Open Ink File button
Click this button to open a *.ink file that contains Ink strokes previously used to annotate the Chart view.
3

Show Embedded Text button

3. Show Embedded Text button
Choose this option to view any embedded Text type objects in the Chart view. Embedded Text type objects include Microsoft Word and WordPad instances.
4

Save As Ink File button

4. Save As Ink File button
Click this button to save the annotation Ink strokes to an external *.Ink file.
5

View OrderInCM button

5. View OrderInCM button
Choose this option to view the OrderInCM parameter value on the Function Block surface.
6

Select Function Block button

6.  Select Function Block button
Click this drop-down button to view a list of Function blocks embedded in the Control Module.  Click an item in this list to navigate to its block shape in the ChartView.
7

View Monitor Parameters button

7. View Monitor Parameters button
Choose this option to view the Monitor type parameter set on the Function Block surface.
8

Print to XPS or PDF button

8. Print to XPS or PDF button
Click this button to print the contents of the Chart view to an XPS or PDF document file.
9

Allow Block Overlap button

9. Allow Block Overlap button
Choose this option to allow small block overlaps when the Chart view is visually constructed from the PKS XML configuration file.  At times blocks may overlap due to the way the ChartView was saved in Control Builder.  If this option is not chosen and overlapping is detected, then the Chart view drawing function will attempt to reposition the block shape so that it does not overlap.  This option is useful when viewing I/O type modules where in Control Builder they don't have a visual representation.
10

Show Help Topic button

10. Show Help Topic button
Click this button to view the Help document topic for Chart View.
11

Show Quick Help button

11. Show Quick Help button
Click the drop-down arrow to view quick help information for Chart View.
12

Ink Annotation Tools

12. Ink Annotation Tools
Tools to support Ink Annotation on Chart View surfaces.