Insights Inbox: I can't display a popup twice in FactoryTalk View ME

In today's edition of “Insight's Inbox” we answer a reader's question on how to display the same FactoryTalk View ME popup graphic display multiple times.

Reader Question:

I’m using FactoryTalk View Machine Edition and cannot open the same popup graphic display multiple times?

Insight's Answer:

In my testing of FactoryTalk View 8.0, the only time I could not get the same popup to display twice was if I passed either the same Parameter File or Parameter List I used with the first instance to the second instance.

However, as long as I passed different parameter files or lists to each popup, I didn’t have an issue displaying the same popup more than once.

One additional step I took to insure my popup graphic display didn’t open over the top of a previous instance was to enabled the “Display Position” option on the “General” tab of the Goto button.

So for each Goto button that displayed my popup with a different parameter file or list, I used a different “Left Position” in pixels.

NOTE: You can get a copy of the sample program HERE.

This allowed each instance of my popup to display at a different location on the screen.

I hope you've found today's Insight's Inbox about “displaying a FTViewME popup multiple times” helpful.

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Update: If you have your own question you'd like to ask, please post it as a comment on a related post here at TheAutomationBlog.com

Sincerely,

Shawn Tierney
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Shawn began programming computers as a pre-teen in the early 80's, and after earning a degree in Electronics worked as Rockwell Distributor Automation Specialist for 25 years. He launched his first website with automation content in 1999, which he relaunched as TheAutomationBlog.com in 2013. Shawn also produces a popular automation video series, and teaches PLCs, HMI, and SCADA full time at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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