Preparing to Create Controls to Command Objects
Scenario
You have created a graphic and want to add an element or command symbol on the canvas that allows you to send commands from within the graphic.
To configure a button, command control element, or a custom command symbol that allows you to send commands from within a graphic, information about the targeted data point is required.
In order to enable element commanding, the following object model information from the Models and Functions application is required for configuring a command control:
- Property of the object to be commanded
- Command name
- (Optionally) Names and values of the command parameters.
- For overall background information, see Command Control Configuration.
- For Command Control and Navigation properties, see Command Control Properties and Command and Navigation Properties.
- For symbols background support when creating command control symbols, see Symbol Property Substitution.
For related procedures, see the following:
For related workflows, see the following:
- Creating a Grouped Command Control
- Creating a Numeric Control
- Creating a Password Control
- Creating a Rotator Control
- Creating a Slider Control
- Creating a String Command Control
Prerequisites
- System Manager is in Engineering mode.
Overview
1 | Gather Data Point Command Information |