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Menu Item

Command Line

Description - Top Toolbar in DRAW

New DRW

new

Opens a New Drawing Source file. *.DRW are the source files for all WebAccess Drawings. DRAW can edit only DRW files. DRW files and elements can be save as different display types.
See also 10.11.1 New DRW

Open DRW

open

Opens an existing Drawing Source file. Opens a Dialog Box showing all *.DRW.  Web Browser clients cannot browse subdirectories. *.DRW are the source files for all WebAccess Drawings. DRAW can edit only DRW files. DRW files and elements can be save as different display types.  
See also 10.11.2 Open DRW

Save DRW

save

Saves current drawing as DRW type. Opens Dialog box to confirm name. See also 10.11.5 Save DRW

Save BGR

bgr

Converts current drawing into a run-time version (*.BGR). This is the Display type used by most User built display and Found using the F9 function key in VIEW. See also 10.11.4 Save BGR

Set Graph Parameters

bxxpara

Sets Graphic Parameters including update interval, scripts and local tag files. Opens Dialog Box used to access the Script Editor and Local Screen Tag Editor. See also 10.11.8 Graphic Parameters

Line Attributes

lineatr

Sets color and line type of next command to draw a line, polyline, circle, or arc. 

PolyLine Width

polylineatr

Sets line width of next command to draw a  polyline. 

Brush Color

bcolor

Sets color of next command to draw a pie, rectangle, or polygon. Also sets the Fill Color for next Fill command.

Text Setting

textatr

Sets text color and background color for next draw Text command.

Page Color

pcolor

Sets the background color for the display.

Layer

layer

Turns On or Off the display of up to 16 layers (0 - 15). Also sets current active layer.

Redraw

redraw

Redraws the display. 

List Dynamic Objects

listdyn

Prints a report (in Notepad text editor) of all tags used for animation and dynamic updates. Any objects edited with the Dynamic menu item, Animation icon 
or drawn using Faceplates or Widgets.

Print

print

Prints to Paint.exe program by default.   Modify the bwdraw.ini file settings to print directly to printer.

Zoom

zoom

Zooms in or magnifies a selected portion of the display.

Pan

pan

Pans display through available 1000 x 1500 coordinate window.  Allows graphic objects to be place off the screen for animation purposes.  Also enables moving zoom window to see other portions of display

Last View

lastview

Resets ZOOM and PAN to previous settings

Original View

origview

Rests ZOOM and PAN to default settings (zoom 1, no pan)

Animation

animation

Create a new Dynamic object or animation. Calls the Dynamic Animation Dialog Box used to animate Text and Objects.  Contains about 30 commands and options including Dynamic Text, Move, Rotate, Alarm Color, Scale, Dynamic Bars, Dynamic Fill, and Frames. See Animation section for complete description.

Symbol

symbol

Draw a pre-built drawing element from library.  Symbols are normally not animated.  See Widgets.

Faceplate

faceplate

Draw a pre-built, animated, drawing element from library.  Faceplates are connected to Block type tags only. Only the tagname of the block needs to be specified.  The Block Type must match the parameter types used in building the faceplate.  See Widgets for single point tags.

Widget

widget

Draw a pre-built, animated, drawing element from library.  Widgets work with any tag of the same type (analog, digital or text). Only the tagname of the tag needs to be specified; all dynamic connections in the Widget will be connected to that tag.  This is useful for objects using multiple connections to same tag.

Toolbar

toolbar

Create or edit a toolbar for use on displays used by operators in VIEW. Assign buttons (*.BBN) and keymacros to the toolbar for common or custom operator actions (e.g. change displays, acknowledge alarms).

Macro File

mcr

Create a Key Macro file.  Similar to a program, executing this file will execute the key macro commands in sequences.  Used to animate operator actions assigned to a pushbutton.  Key macros include alarm acknowledge, change value, change display, etc.