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Appendix G Glossary of Terms
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Outside of the script language, expressions consisting of
operators and operands can be used to control objects,
through actions.
Field association A field association enables a link to be made between a
CX-Supervisor Point and a particular field (i.e. column)
within a recordset.
Graphic Object In CX-Supervisor, a graphic object is created in the
development environment, and can be a line, an arc, a
polygon (including a square and rectangle), a round
rectangle, an ellipse (including a circle), or a polyline. A
complex object can exist as a combination of two or more
graphic objects.
GUI Graphical User Interface. Part of a program that
interacts with the user and takes full advantage of the
graphics displays of computers. A GUI employs pull-
down menus and dialog boxes for ease of use. Like all
Microsoft Windows based applications, CX-Supervisor
has a GUI.
I/O type Input/Output type. An attribute of a point that defines the
origin and destination of the data for that point. The data
for a point can originate (be input from) and is destined
(is output to) to the internal computer memory or PLC.
Icon Pictorial representations of computer resources and
functions. The CX-Supervisor development environment
and run-time environment are run from icons.
Ingredient Each recipe consists of at least one ingredient. Each
ingredient must be related to an existing point.
Integer type A type of point where the value of the point can only be a
whole positive or negative number.
Item Within the CX-Supervisor script language, Item is a
generic term for a point, OPC item or Temperature
Controller item.
JScript A Java style scripting language supported by Microsoft's
Windows Scripting Host.
JVM Java Virtual Machine.
Microsoft Excel A spreadsheet application.
Microsoft Windows A windowing environment that is noted for its GUI, and
for features such as multiple typefaces, desk accessories
(such as a clock, calculator, calendar and notepad), and
the capability of moving text and graphics from one
application to another via a clipboard.
CX-Supervisor will run only under Microsoft Windows.
DDE functions communicating with other applications
supported by CX-Supervisor use Microsoft Windows as a
basis.
Microsoft Word for
Windows A word processing application.