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Appendix A
Advanced Object Editing
Substitute Tags
You can use tag substitution to replace tag names or character strings in all
selected graphic objects on a display. Character strings include tag
placeholders, expressions, and parts of strings within expressions. When
replacing tags, you can use an entire tag name, including folders, or you can
replace a string of characters.
Tag substitution is useful when your graphic displays use a direct reference tag
name or if an HMI Tag name is referenced throughout your application and
must be updated.
Follow these steps to substitute a tag or character string.
1. Open the graphic display that you want to update.
2. To select all objects in the display, press Ctrl-A.
All objects on the display are highlighted. This example display is for
illustration purposes only.
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You cannot use wildcard characters when searching for or replacing tag
names.
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You must select all objects or the Tag Substitution dialog box only shows
tags of the selected objects.
