Creating Links - Honeywell ARENA User Manual

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6. To test the behavior of the custom control graphic, enter appropriate values, for
the assigned properties, for example, enter different values in the Value field if
the value property is assigned.
7. As desired, set relevant properties for the custom control graphic for
Appearance, Behavior, Data, Design, Layout and Navigation. in the
Properties pane.
Using drawing elements of the Custom Graphic Controls library allows creating links
to:
• Other graphic pages within the graphic user interface or to an external graphic
user interface of a remote ARENA.
• Time programs overview of a specific segment
• Single time programs
• Settings overview
• Single settings
• Documents (e.g. txt, xls, pdf files, etc.)
• Public or internal web pages
• Pictures
Most of custom graphic controls use an URL link. Some such as ´Picture` or
Document need a file. For all, general properties can be set on the Properties pane.
The "Custom Graphics Control Overview" section gives a functional overview of the
various Custom Graphics Controls.
1. Use the functional overview described in the "Custom Graphics Controls
Overview" section below when applying the following steps for creating Links.
2. Drag&drop the custom graphic control to the drawing space or select the custom
graphic control in the drawing space if already there.
3. Under Navigation in the Properties pane, click the property, e.g. Document for
a document link, Setting for a setting link, etc.
4. In the Choose .... dialog box, select the target document, setting, etc., and then
click the OK button.
5. As desired, set relevant properties for the custom control graphic for
Appearance, Behavior, Data, Design, and Layout in the Properties pane.
NOTES for Linking Documents:
To properly link documents you must consider the following:
The document to be linked must be located in the following route folder
"C:\Program Files\CentraLine\Arena2\Website" or in subfolders of this folder,
e.g. "C:\Program Files\CentraLine\Arena2\Website\Documents". The path
(URL) entry when the route folder has been used, is as follows:
<IP address of ARENA PC>/Arena/<document file name>, e.g.
192.100.310.166/Arena/application.doc
The path (URL) entry when a subfolder has been created and used below the
route folder, is as follows:
<IP address of ARENA PC>/Arena/<subfolder name>/<document file name>,
e.g. 192.100.310.166/Arena/documents/appendix.xls
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