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Using SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx @aGlance 1-3
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.1.1 @aGlance
Any application that is compatible with eMation’s @aGlance/IT can
communicate with the @aGlance server.
Siemens offers two @aGlance client packages as options. These are the
Standard Edition client and the Professional Edition client.
The @aGlance/IT Standard Edition includes the following components:
 Add-ins for Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel provide access to @aGlance/IT client
functions as spreadsheet macro functions. Ease-of-use tools allow you
to browse through process data without ever writing a macro function.
 The @aGlance/IT DDE Bridge allows all DDE client-capable
applications, including Excel, and Lotus 1-2-3, to “hot link” to process
information systems through @aGlance/IT. Client applications receive
notification of changes in process values.
 @aGlance/IT client applications developed using NetOLE, the
@aGlance/IT VB custom control, or the @aGlance/IT C API can be
deployed.
In addition to the features of the Standard Edition, the @aGlance/IT
Professional Edition enables you to develop clients in Visual Basic and
Visual C/C++. Once you have developed the Visual Basic and C/C++
programs using the Professional Edition, you can deploy them using the
@aGlance/IT Standard Edition.
 The @aGlance/IT client API is implemented as a VB custom control
(VBX). This enables the developer to use all the standard VB language
features, such as Variant variable types and On Error GOTO when
dealing with @aGlance/IT function. All client functions except
monitoring are supported.
 All features of the client C language API are available to the developer.