Drawing Tools Library

The Libraries button in the configuration toolbox  opens a dialog that provides specialized tool libraries, development tools to help you create your own drawing methods and the entire set of application page development and configuration tools.

 

The Libraries dialog is shown here with the Drawing Tools menu expanded to display the available libraries.

The following libraries of tools will be available by default. (Note that two of these libraries are only available to VTScada-based applications.) 

 

•    Alarm Tools:  The Alarm Tools library enables you to build customized alarm displays for your application, either to supplement or replace the existing default Alarm page. See: Alarm Tools Library.

•    Meter Parts:  The Meter Parts library enables you to create your own photo-realistic meters to use in addition to the Meter 1 through Meter 13 drawing methods. See: Meter Parts Library.

•    Modem Tools:  The Modem Tools library enables you to augment your application with event and statistic displays for configured modems. The Modem Tools library is discussed in Modem Tools Library.

•    ODBC Manager:  The OBDC manager includes one tool:  A Show Stats button that when added to an application will display ODBC statistics. See: ODBC Manager Library.

•    Report Tools:  The Report Tools library enables you to build a custom reports page, either to supplement or replace the existing default Reports page. See: Report Tools Library.

•    Site Tools Library (VTScada only):  The Site Tools Library contains two extra tools (Legend and Program Spawn) that are useful in the development of VTScada applications. See: Site Tools Library.

•    Standard Library:  The Standard Library consists of tools that enable you to configure page change hotboxes and modify Config.ini variable values. See: Standard Library Tools.

•    User Draw Methods:  The User Draw Methods is a repository for drawing methods that you have created using the grouping tool. See: User Draw Methods.

You have a choice of two ways to access the tools included in each of these libraries:

•    Left-Clicking on a plus sign beside any of the entries will expand that menu item to show the tools within it. 

To use any of the tools, left-click on it and select Draw from the menu that will appear.

•    Right-Clicking on a menu entry will open a dialog, from which you can choose the Draw option.  This will cause a dialog box to be displayed, showing all the tools available in that menu item.

    

Topics in this section:

Standard Library Tools

Meter Parts Library

ODBC Manager Library

Monitoring the ODBC Connection

Site Tools Library

Custom Libraries