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MicroSCADA Pro
System Overview
Technical Description
SYS 600 *9.0
3.6.
Graphical user interface
The graphical user interface of SYS 500 system server is composed of pictures and
dialogs. Pictures are dynamic illustrations containing a static background, dynamic
windows and function keys. Pictures are suitable for process illustrations and
controlling the process.
Dialogs made with Visual SCIL are mainly used for creating tools that are used in
the application engineering. Dialogs and other VS objects are shown to the user on
screen in dialog boxes.
3.6.1.
Pictures
The operator uses pictures to supervise and control the process. A picture visualises
a controlled process with different symbols and colors.
Picture components
A picture is composed of picture components, e.g. the picture background, picture
windows, function keys, picture programs and picture functions. The picture
background contains graphics, which are static, unchanging parts of the picture.
Picture windows are dynamic parts of the picture that can be shown, erased and
replaced without any impact on other picture components. Windows may show
complete pictures, text or data, figures or graphs. You can place them anywhere in
the picture, even in a way that they overlap one another.
Function keys are rectangular programmed areas. When you click a function key, a
program or a data entry is executed. Programs define the behaviour of the picture.
When a standard function is installed from a library, a copy of it is added into a
picture as a picture function.
A picture function is a set of picture components, which may include all the
components mentioned above. The picture components are shown in Figure 3.6.1.-
1. A picture may contain picture windows which can contain pictures as well. It may
also contain a number of picture functions, which are also constructed as pictures.
