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[KB1170] Using a PcVue Date Time Picker
Applies to: PcVue 12 onwards Summary: A Date and Time Picker is an input field for selecting both a date and a time.This article describes how to deploy a date […]
[KB802] Workaround for the loss of layer information when copy pasting a drawing element
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: When you copy and paste a drawing element in the HMI, the layer configuration of the original drawing element is not reproduced in the […]
[KB730] Changing the Color Palette programatically
Applies to: PcVue 10.0 onwards Summary: The color palette can be changed by loading an alternative palette file (PALCOL.DAT) using VBA. Details: The VBA method ThisProject.LoadColors allows alternative color palettes […]
[KB586] Display issue with the ActiveX Microsoft Forms 2.0 ListBox
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 onwards Summary: This issue may happen with ActiveX Microsoft Forms 2.0 ListBox.Bottom of the list box displays the mimics which contains the list box Details: […]
[KB356] How to change the default font
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: When you create a new text the default font is always Arial Regular 16. How to change this default behavior? Solution: Open the Drawing […]
[KB355] How to have a text embedded in a rectangle?
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: You want to draw a text surrounded by a rectangle like this screenshot. By default you cannot do it with a basic text object […]
[KB246] Resource allocation for graphical objects
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20c onwards.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to check the […]
[KB245] Images in mimics not being displayed
Applies to: PcVue, FrontVue and PlantVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to solve a problem in which images in mimics are not displayed. Details: Symptom When a mimic […]
[KB244] How to Export an Image from AUTOCAD in WMF Format File
Applies to: PcVue version 6.04 onwards. Summary: This article explains how to export AUTOCAD, version 13, 14 and later, images in WMF (Windows Metafile) format so as to insert them […]
[KB124] Text appearance as Transparent (on migration between PcVue versions 6 & 7 or later)
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00 onwards. Summary: This describes how to let drawing elements of the Text type, configured with the Transparent colour, disappear from the HMI. Details: When a […]
[KB123] Compatibility of the RGB Transparent Colour
Applies to: PcVue all versions. FrontVue all versions. Summary: This article describes a work-around for an incompatibility of the RGB (Red-Green-Blue) Transparent colour. Solution: An incompatibility arises when a mimic […]