386 Chapter 10
Using Operator Interfaces
Common Tasks In Creating Operator Interfaces
8. Open the Radio Buttons object menu and select Edit Enum
Values...
.
Type in the names of the functions
die1, die2, and die3 by pressing
the
Tab key between each entry except the last. Click OK.
Note There are six menu formats for data selection control. Radio Buttons
displays entries as buttons. The operator’s selection is output in text format
as an
Enum data type. Cyclic Button cycles through the enumerated
values one at a time as the operator clicks the button.
List displays all of the
enumerated values in a list with the selected item highlighted.
Drop-down
list, Pop-up list, and Slider list are the other three choices.
9. Open the
Radio Buttons object menu, click Properties, then select
Auto Execute. Change the title to the prompt: Make a Selection:
Set up a
Call object so that the value the operator selects on the Radio
Buttons
object will now become the function name that the Call
Function
object calls.
10.Click
Device ⇒ Call. Select Add Terminal ⇒ Control Input,
then select
Function Name, and click OK. The Function Name control
pin accepts an
Enum or Text value as input. Connect the Radio
Buttons
data output pin to the Function Name input terminal on the
Call Function object. Connect the Radio Buttons sequence out
pin to the sequence in pin of
Call Function. Click on die2 in Make
a Selection:
and notice that the Call Function Name changes to
die2, as shown in Figure 10-21.
Figure 10-21. The Dice Program (Detail View)
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General
