Drawing rules and object properties for D2000 Thin Client
D2000 Thin Client does not support all the properties or all the parameters of some properties. In the text below there are mentioned the differences. The properties which are not mentioned in the text are functional and they are applied to graphic objects in general if it is not written differently.
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Detail information on working with palette Connect object and description of properties is mentioned in chapter Connect object palette for D2000 GrEditor.
The differences in D2000 Thin Client:
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Detail information on working with palette Object properties and description of properties is mentioned in chapter Object properties palette for D2000 GrEditor.
The differences in D2000 Thin Client:
Lines
| Style | TCL supports only solid line. |
| Pattern | The full pattern is supported. |
| Round | Not supported. |
| Line end | Type 1 is supported. |
| Line join | Type 3 is supported. |
Text
| Text | Input field contains a text string corresponding with selected text object. |
| Type | The first two properties work. The third one - Text is placed in a created rectangle to fill the whole area - can not be implemented in any internet browser. |
| Direction | Text can be drawn only from left to right. |
| Effect | Not supported. |
BMP
| Monochromatic bitmap | Not supported. |
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| 3D color | Color can be set only for 3D button, 3D multiline and 3D radio button. |
| Pattern | Not supported. |
| Size | Only height of 3D button and 3D radio button can be set. |
Layout manager
It does not work for each of objects. It works for the graphic objects Rectangle, 3D button, Bitmap, displayers Browser, Graph, Picture, windows controls Tab control, Push button, List box, Check button, Radio button, Tree view, Text (only the area in which is the text), Text entry field.
Note: The internet browser does not allow to transform the text. By changing the size of object containing some text (e.g. Push button) the text size will not change.
Effects
| Effects are not supported. |
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| Line Multiline 3D multiline Disjointed multiline Ellipse Polygon Circle sector | The events are not implemented (see Connect object palette, tab Script). |
| 3D button | A text alignment is not implemented in object. |
| 3-point arc Cube Table 3D Frame Ring | Not supported. |
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The description of object parameters is mentioned in the individual pages of chapter Displayers.
| Picture displayer | Displayer does not allow the event handler (OnClick, etc.) as it is in D2000 HI. |
| Graph displayer | The parameters Line nr. according to picture instance (Define line nr.), Show controls and Frame are not supported. No Not all the event handler handlers are implemented. |
| Browser displayer | It shows a structured variable and a table. Data modification is disabled (you can set them but the change will not be done). It does not support the parameter Controlled object (tab Connect). The rows can be neither deleted nor added. Event handler is not supported (tab Script). |
| Alarm displayer Logging displayer Column displayer Pointer displayer Trend XY graph | Not Objects are not implemented. |
| Report | It can not be implemented in Thin ClientObject is not supported. |
| Progress bar | Partially limited functionality. Greyed progress bar is not supported. |
SWT Shell, JavaSwing
| It can not be implemented in Thin ClientThe objects are not supported. |
Windows controls
The description of object parameters is mentioned in the individual pages of chapter Windows controls.
| Push button | Event handler OnUserInput is not implemented (tab Script). A bitmap in the button can not be aligned vertically (tab Properties). It does not support the second bitmap (Bmp2, tab Properties). Parameter Esc (tab Properties) is not supported. |
| Check-button Radio button | It does not support the bitmaps. |
| List box | List type - Dropt down combo is not implemented (parameter Type, tab Properties). Parameter Connected object is not implemented (tab Connect). |
| Tab control | Event handler of OnGotFocus, OnLostFocus is not implemented (tab Script). |
| Group box | Group box must be placed under the objects in the picture, otherwise they can be disabled (ideally, add the group box at first and then the other objects). |
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Implemented flows (see the chapter Object configuration dialog box):
- Line - straight and smooth link
- Marker - only some types are functional
- Fill
- Bar graph (2D and 3D) - only the function "Last value" is supported
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Clicking on some flow by right mouse button in the graph table, the popup menu with the item Display table displays. It opens the dialog window displaying the time flow in the text / numerical form.
Dynamic graph
If %ViewTrend function is set in Object connect palette (tab Control), the Dynamic graph is displayed.
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