Creating a Slider Control
Scenario
You want to draw and configure a Slider command control that allows you to change the COV increment of an Analog Output COV_Increment data point property from within a graphic.
For overall background information, see Command Control Configuration. For Command Control and Navigation properties background information, see Command Control Properties and Command and Navigation Properties. For symbols background support when creating command control symbols, see Symbol Property Substitution.
Prerequisites
- You have reviewed Preparing to Create Controls to Command Objects
- System Manager is in Engineering mode.
Overview
1 | Draw Slider Command Control |
There are two methods of creating a slider control:
- You can gather object type information for a data point, then draw, and configure a customized command symbol or graphical element, such as a button, that allows you to send commands from within a graphic.
- You can drag an existing default command symbol from a project library to a graphic. To add a default command symbol from a project library, proceed directly to Designating and Adding a Default Command Symbol to a Graphic.
To draw and configure the Slider command control, complete the following procedures in order:
