External Moderators tmoulder Posted April 26, 2011 External Moderators Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 I've got an idea for pop-up screens that will look really neat, but whenever I try to copy a screen from Visilogic (ctrl-alt-print screen) to use as a background image on another screen, it gets the scaling wrong. Two ideas: 1. How hard would it be to have a menu option in visilogic to export an HMI to an image file? 2. For a gold star, how hard to assign one screen to be the background image of another? Mind you, the background screen is nothing - just an image, no functionality. Thanks, TM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaredc Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hi TM: Here's how you can get the display as a background image: -Open Remote Access (click the eye glasses and select Remote Access from the menu). -Locate the display you want to make an image and press Alt+Print Screen. -Paste the display in a paint program. -Resize the image to your PLCs resolution. (for a V350 this is 320 x 240). -Save image as a 256-color bmp. -Create a new HMI display and add an image. -fit the image to the size of the display. -select the image file you created. The display now has a background image with no functionality that you may place a pop-up window over top of. Hopefully this helps. Jared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
External Moderators tmoulder Posted April 26, 2011 Author External Moderators Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hi Jared, Thanks, I'm familiar with this method. I was hoping Unitronics could automate it a bit by adding a capability into Visilogic. Thanks again, TM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Bereck Levy Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Looking into it, my friend Will report back when I get a response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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