USER-PAK Option

Chapter 7
Creating Custom Runtime Displays
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makes the Tool viewport type preferable if the viewport strings are
defined so that the displayed content can change in position each time
it is displayed.
Tool string color is limited to four choices; Text viewport strings can
be set to any of eight different choices of color.
Tool viewport contents are displayed “beneath” Text viewport
displays, and base Color CVIM runtime displays, if these displays
occupy the same screen.
• Graph – Graph viewports can be defined to depict real-time tracking of
the results of up to three specified tools. Graph viewport contents are
displayed in a bordered area, for which the border, background, and graph
colors are user-defined.
To select the viewport Type:
• Pick the Type box on the Define Viewport menu – picking the Type
box, you can select one of three settings – Text, Tool, and Graph.
Figure 7.5 Example Text, Tool, and Graph viewports
Define Viewport box
Define Viewport menu
Type box
Note: Once you have defined a string for a Text or Tool viewport, you
must use the Erase Port Data function in order to change the type of the
viewport to Graph. Similarly, once you have defined a variable for a
Graph viewport, you must use the Erase Port Data function in order to
change the type of the viewport to Text or Tool.