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.

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please feel free to share them with us by submitting the “post a comment or question” link below.

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
Automation Instructor and Blogger

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Shawn Tierney

Shawn began sharing automation news and know-how online in 1996 when he launched his first BBS. Then in 1999 he moved to the internet launching ShawnMichael.com, which he later renamed ShawnMTierney.com. In 2013 he moved his automation efforts to a new website, TheAutomationBlog.com, which has since become the most popular independent industrial automation blog on the web.

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