User Manual

Development Environment

Zoom

The following methods can be used to zoom in to or out from the desktop area:

• Selecting a set zoom value from the Zoom drop-down list.

• Setting the Zoom Slider to a desired zoom level.

• Clicking the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons.

• Placing the mouse pointer anywhere in the screen and using the scroll wheel.

Pan

PanningofthecurrentscreenispossibleinLayoutmode,ifthescreenislargerthan

the desktop area.

• Press and hold [Spacebar] (the mouse pointer will change its appearance from

an arrow shape to an open hand).

• Drag to pan the screen (the m ouse pointer hand closes in panning mode).

3.2.2 DesktopViewModes

Screens and functions have different view modes. The default setting is Layout

view mode, but screens and functions can be partly viewed and edited directly in

code. The desired mode is selected from the lower left part of the desktop area.

The code for screens is in xaml and in C# for script.

Desktop view mode tabs

Caution:

Incorrectcodeentered intextmode(XamlandSc

ript)mayresult inerrorsthatare not

possibletorecognizeduringanalysisandbui

ld.

Erroneouscodemayresultinunpredicta

blebehaviorand lossofdata.

Layout

Screensandobjectsareusually

edited in Layout view mode.

XAML

A screen layout is deﬁned in XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language)

code. The .xaml ﬁles are stored in the project folder.

XAML code can be added and changed in the Xaml view mode. Any changes done

intheXAMLcodewillaffectthescreenlayout.

Script

In Script view mode scripted actions can be conﬁgured for screens, objects, tags,

function keys etc.

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