When added to an application's Config.ini file, the [AREAS] section enables you to perform application-wide tag area filtering. In summary, you simply list the tag areas (i.e. the Area property configured on the ID tab of each tag's properties folder) you wish to load, followed by an equals sign, followed by a 1. An example is displayed below.
[AREAS]
AreaA = 1
AreaB = 1
The result of this example is that tags configured with AreaA and/or AreaB as their Area property will be loaded at startup on all PCs running the application. Additionally, any areas not referenced under the [AREAS] section (e.g. AreaC or AreaD) will not be loaded, as the AreaExclude variable is set to 1.
Note: Areas that are referenced under the [AREAS] section but for which no tags exist will still appear in the Tag Browser's list of existing areas. Any attempt to configure a new tag using one of the excluded areas will result in an error message.
Note: Information on applying tag area filtering to individual workstations is provided in Workstation.ini [AREAS] Section Variables. Various examples of tag area filtering are provided in Tag Area Filtering. In addition to tag area filtering, alarm area filtering and realm area filtering may be applied to a given application. Please refer to Filtering Application Data for further information.