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Enter Alias name and Default value for the alias. If no default value is entered, the
alias will be treated as a local screen variable.
Parameter Description
AliasName Symbolicname. The namecanbeanyalphanumericstring,
beginningwithaletter (a-z,A-Z).
DefaultValue Selectionoftags tocreatealiasesof. If notagis selected
thealiaswillbetreated asalocalscreenvariable.
Thedefaultvaluewill bethedefaultv alueforthealiasin
thecreatedinstances. It willalsobether eference forthe
defaultinstance. SeeInstances.
DataType Selectio n ofdatatype. Thissettingis enabledby first
clickingtheDataTypecheckbox.
Thedatatype willbydefaultreflectthedatatypeofthe
selectedDefaultValue.
4.17.2 Instances
The aliases created in the project are presented in a table on the instances tab. It
ispossibletochangethevalueforthealiasesinthistab,inordertooverridethe
default value configured in the aliases tab.
If a value for an alias is changed in the instances tab, the ne w value is displayed with
bold text to indicate that it differs from the alias’ default value.
To revert back to the default value, delete the value followed by pressing [Enter].
The default value can be changed in the aliases tab.
Parameter Description
Instance Symbolicname. The namecanbeanyalphanumericstring,
beginningwithaletter (a-z,A-Z).
Aliases Thenames ofallaliasescreatedintheprojectwillbe
displayedinthecolumnsheaders. Thevaluesconnected
tothealiases willbelistedineachcolumns.
Usingthe“ShowScreen”ActionwithInstances
The "Show Screen” action can be used to display a specific screen. For screens
that have aliases, it is also possible to select which instance of the screen to use, and
thereby also which set of tags to assign to the screen’s aliases.
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