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Chapter 7
FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX controls introduction
The FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX® Controls Library is a set of ActiveX custom
controls that allows you to create a dynamic picture of batch automation
system data. Use the controls in the library to communicate with the
FactoryTalk Batch Server and to monitor and interact with a control recipe
without having to run the FactoryTalk Batch View application. These controls
can be placed within any ActiveX Control/OLE container, such as your human
machine interface (HMI) software, Microsoft Visual Basic or web browsers,
allowing for easy integration with existing manufacturing execution software.
ActiveX Controls can be used to create a custom look for your interface or to
create a custom application specific to your needs. The FactoryTalk Batch
ActiveX Controls Library is designed especially for FactoryTalk Batch.
Tip: To use the FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX Controls Library, you must install Microsoft Visual Basic.
(See
Tested Third-Party Software
in the
FactoryTalk Batch release notes
for the currently
supported version.)
Use the ActiveX Controls to create, command and remove control recipes
from the Batch List, acknowledge operator prompts, view running control
recipes, change step formula values, perform active step changes, reset Timer
steps, and change Timer setpoints.
You can vary the appearance of the ActiveX Controls through the use of the
properties and methods that the controls support. Though the appearance can
vary, the controls allow you to perform the same functions as their
corresponding FactoryTalk Batch View windows.
(See the FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX Controls Library Reference Guide and the
FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX Controls User Guide for more information on
designing and working with ActiveX Controls.)
The FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX Controls Library is distributed within the
batchv01.ocx, batchv02.ocx, SignatureListOCX.ocx, and TimerStepOCX.ocx
files. These files contain five controls:
• ControlRecipeList control, which performs the functions of the Batch
List window in the FactoryTalk Batch View application
• PromptsList control, which performs the functions of the
Unacknowledged Prompts window in the FactoryTalk Batch View
application
FactoryTalk Batch ActiveX
Controls
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