HE: ASCII String

The ASCII String element allows you to display values stored in an array of integers. The value of each byte in the vector is displayed as an ASCII character.

 

ASCII String Attributes

Disabled Color

The Disabled Color is applied to an element when the Touch Property Control bit is OFF.

To change the default color, click the drop-down arrow on the right and select a color.

Multi Line

The Multi-line property:

  • Enables the display of multiple, wrapped lines.

  • Allows user to scroll lines, if the string is too long to fit in the text field.

  • Enables the user to enter multiple lines of text.

Read-Only

Read-only is checked by default. To enable the end-user to enter data, you must uncheck Read-only.

Tag: Data Entry Complete

The linked bit turns ON when the data the user has entered either:

  • Matches a value.

  • Is within the required range.

Tag: Link (Vector)

Link to an array-type data tag. The string will be extracted from the array as ASCII characters.

Vector Offset

Defines the starting index within the vector (default 0).

Range 0-1023

Number of Characters

The number of characters determines the length of the vector - relative to the byte length of the data type (default 15 characters long).

Range 1-64 

Tag: Touch Enabled/Disabled

The Touch property of this element is enabled by default.
Assign a Touch Enable\ Disable bit to allow you to enable or disable the element’s Touch property.

Water Mark

A Water Mark is the default text displayed in an element. You can edit it to instruct the user.

Keyboard Title

When the user enters data for this HMI Element, the virtual keyboard will open.
The text will appear in the title bar of the virtual keyboard instead of the default text for this element.
Note that you can click the drop-down arrow to restore the default text.

 

Related Topics

HMI Display Editor

HMI Items Collection

HMI Screen Jumps