Siemens SINUMERIK 828D

Tag identifier Meaning
NAVIGATION This tag defines the menu to be called. It can be used within a softkey block, a menu block,
and in a
form. If a variable name is assigned to the tag as its value, the parser will activate the
menu stored in the variable.
In a menu block, the navigation is at the position in the instruction. Subsequent instructions
are no longer executed.
Syntax:
<NAVIGATION>menu name</NAVIGATION>
Example:
<menu name = "main">
<softkey POSITION="1">
<caption>sec. form</caption>
<navigation>sec_menu</navigation>
</softkey>
</menu>
<menu name = "sec_menu">
<open_form name = "sec_form" />
<softkey_back>
<navigation>main</navigation>
</softkey_back>
</menu>
OPEN_FORM The tag opens the dialog form given under the name.
Attribute::
● name
Name of the dialog form
Syntax:
<OPEN_FORM name = "<form name>" />
Example:
<menu name = "main">
<open_form name = "main_form" />
<softkey POSITION="1">
<caption>main form</caption>
<navigation>main</navigation>
</softkey>
</menu>
<form name="main_form">
<init>
</init>
<paint>
</paint>
</form>
Generating user dialogs
1.6 XML identifier
Easy XML
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