Lab 33: Using the Grid Control Object

Step 1: Open the Template screen.

Step 2: Click the Application button and click Save As on the Application menu. The Save As dialog box is opened.

Step 3: In the File name field, enter Grid.

Step 4: Click Save. The Save As dialog box is closed.

Step 5: On the Graphics tab of the Ribbon in the Data Objects group, select Grid.


Step 6: Click and drag on the GRID screen to shape the object.


Step 7: Double-click on the object to open the properties.


Step 8: Click the Data Source field, select Class Tag.


Step 9: Click the Data Source Settings button. The Grid Data - Class Tag dialog box is opened.


Step 10: Configure the fields called Class Tag and Number of Items as shown below.


Step 11: Click OK to close the Grid Data - Class Tag dialog box.

Step 12: Click Columns. The Columns dialog box is opened.


Step 13: Configure the Columns dialog box as shown below.


Step 14: Click OK to close the Columns dialog box.

Step 15: Click the Virtual keyboard combo box and select Alpha Numeric.

Step 16: Save changes and close GRID screen.

Step 17: your runtime is on a remote machine, then use the Remote Management tools on the Home tab of the Ribbon to download your project to the remote machine.

Step 18: Start the runtime and use the tank valves to fill and empty the tanks.

Step 19: Open the TREND screen and verify that it is displaying the expected data.

Step 20: Change the Contents column for one or more of your tanks and go back to the Main screen to verify that it was changed in the class tag.

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