Images

Images from external image files are managed in PLC projects in image pools. They can basically be added to a visualization page in three different ways:

Visualization element "Image"

The element "Image" enables static display of an external image file or dynamic display of different external image files on a visualization page. To this end either a static image ID or a string variable, in which the ID of the image to be displayed at runtime is stored, can be entered in the element settings.

Visualization element "Image switcher"

The "Image switcher" element can be used to create a user-defined button, which can have a button or switching function that is comparable to the standard switches. Different images for the states "on", "off" and "pressed" can be defined in the element properties.

Background image for a visualization page

For each visualization page a background image can be set. It is possible that the size of the visualization page in client automatically adjusts itself based on this background image.

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Folders, which provide image files for use in the visualization, are defined in the project properties under the category "Visualization".