Picture type Recipegroup Manager

The managment and use of recipes is enabled by using a picture for the Recipegroup Manager.

The creation of a picture of the type Recipegroup Manager is done by the definition of a new picture of the picture type Recipegroup Manager.

(You will find more information on the pre-defined picture types in the chapter 'Pictures / Pre-defined picture types'.)

On opening the picture an empty picture is opened and the menu Control elements in the menu bar is filled.

With the help of the control elements you can arrange the individual online operating elements in the picture (overall display; in the editor there is only a two-dimensional display). The elements are distinguished from one another by buttons and general.

The control elements are:

Control element	Description
`Default`	Automatically insert default elements If not all the control elements are needed, they can be removed one by one lateron. The elements can be moved and individually arranged.
`Buttons`	Buttons
`Filter`	Open filter dialog of recipe picture
`Report read selected values`	The values of the variables selected in the table are read from the process and entered into the table. Changes have to be saved!
`Report write selected values`	The values of the variables selected in the table are written to the process as displayed in the table.
`Read all values`	The values of the variables of the selected recipe are read from the process and entered into the table. Changes have to be saved!
`Write all values`	The values of the variables of the selected recipe are written to the process as displayed in the table.
`Column right`	Move one column right in the table
`Column left`	Move one column left in the table
`Table page right`	Move one page right in the table
`Table page left`	Move one page left in the table
`Table line up`	Move one line up in the table
`Table line down`	Move one line down in the table
`Table page up`	Move one page up in the table
`Table page down`	Move one page down in the table
`Recipe new`	Create a new recipe
`Recipe save`	Save current recipe under the same name
`Recipe rename`	Rename current recipe
`Recipe save as`	Save current recipe under a different name
`Recipe delete`	Delete current recipe
`Recipe export`	Save current recipe as *.txt
`Import recipe`	Load current recipe from *.txt
`Recipes >`	Move to the next recipe in the current recipe group
`Recipes >>`	Move to the last recipe in the current recipe group
`Recipes <`	Move to the previous recipe in the current recipe group
`Recipes <<`	Move to the first recipe in the current recipe group
`Recipe group new`	Create a new recipe group
`Recipe group save`	Save current recipe group under the same name
`Recipe group rename`	Rename current recipe group
`Recipe group save as`	Save current recipe group under a different name
`Recipe group delete`	Delete current recipe group
`Recipe group edit`	Edit current recipe group
`Recipe group >`	Move to the next recipe group
`Recipe group >>`	Move to the last recipe group
`Recipe group <`	Move to the previous recipe group
`Recipe group <<`	Move to the first recipe group
`Table print`	Print table as displayed
`Recipe value check`	To test the recipe values, all variables that are linked to the recipe are read and the current recipe values are compared. The results are displayed in the column "Current value" in according colors. If the values are the same, the text is green otherwise it is red.
`All values ++`	All values of the selected recipe are increased by 1
`All values --`	All values of the selected recipe are decreased by 1
`All values %`	All values of the selected recipe are increased (+) or decreased (-) by the percentage entered in the element "value %" after the appropriate button is pressed
`All values math`	All values of the selected recipe are changed by the mathematical operation entered in the element "value math"
`Write target to recipe`	Write the values of the process directly to the current recipe and save it immediately
`Find recipe number`	Display the first recipe with the number entered in the element "source recipe number"
`General`
`User name`	Name of user who last changed the current recipe
`Text 1`	First line of comment for current recipe
`Text 2`	Second line of comment for current recipe
`Last modified time`	Date and time the current recipe was last changed
`Rrecipe number`	Recipe number which is searched after pressing the button "find recipe number"
`Value %`	All values of the selected recipe are increased (+) or decreased (-) by the percentage entered here after the button "all values %" is pressed
`Value math`	All values of the selected recipe are changed by the mathematical operation entered here after the button "all values math" is pressed
`Recipe group name`	Name or selection of the current recipe group
`Recipe name`	Name or selection of the current recipe
`Table`	Display of the current recipe in a table
`Write status`	Progress bar, indicating the writing of the recipe.

Info

A decimal value can be entered with a colon as well as with a point, the decimal point will automatically be changed to a point.

Filter

By clicking Control elements > General -> Recipe filter you add the combo box Recipe filter to the picture. In the Runtime you can use the combo box to filter the displayed variables according to the Filter texts defined beforehand.