Creating a New Alarm Display Page

To add a new page to your application:

1.   Log on to your application with a user account that has full configuration privileges.

2.   Open the Configuration Toolbox.

3.   Click the Libraries button to open the Libraries dialog.

4.   Right-click on the Pages node to open the context menu.

5.   Select New to open the New Page dialog

6.   Enter a title for your custom Alarm page in the Page Title field.

7.   Click the OK button to save your new page. (Click on Yes to add the page to the menu)

Note: If you wish to change the background color of the page, or set the page to be a windowed page, you may do so using the page's properties dialog. Please refer to Adding and Editing Pages for instructions on changing the appearance and behavior of pages.

8.   Right-click on the new page in the Libraries dialog to display its context menu.

9.   Select Properties

10. Select the Page Window Flag radio button that represents the appearance and behavior you desire for this custom page:

   Select the No Restrictions radio button if you wish the page to always open to full size.

   Select the Always Display in Window radio button if you wish the page to have the option of opening as a full size page or as a windowed page.

   Select the Never Display in Window button if you wish the page to always open as a windowed page.

11. Click the OK button to close the dialog.

12. Right-click again on the new page in the Libraries dialog to display its context menu.

13. Select Edit to open the new page.

After you've established a custom page, you can begin to use the tools in the Alarm Tools library to build it. The sections that follow provide instructions on using the tools in the Alarm Tools library to build a custom Alarm page.