Item Menu General Properties
The Menu Item's main features are setup through its General properties.
To do this, simply select the Item desired and edit its settings through
the Movicon 'Properties Window'.
Type
This option box is used to define the Item type to be included in the
menu. The Item's characteristics have to be set according to the type
of Item selected as described below:
Normal:
activating this option will display the item as a normal menu item.
The item has to be associated with a text description which will appear
as the menu item to which a command execution will be associated from
the "Menu Item Execution Properties"
Pop-up:
activating this option allows the menu item to display a further list
of items. The 'pop-up' item will be marked with a "
"
symbol and, if activated, will display the items inserted in the menu's
tree structure appropriately.
Separator:
activating this option allows the line separator to be displayed between
each menu item. A separator is usually used when a division between
two items needs to be highlighted. A separator item cannot be executed
and, therefore, it does not have any execution properties.
The number of items, whether pop-ups, normal or separators, that can
be inserted in each menu is virtually unlimited.
Caption
The text used as the item's title is entered in this edit box. The text
will be displayed in the menu as an item which can be associated with
an execution command or a pop-up submenu.
The caption is not available when the separator item is being used.
Prompt
The text string, which is displayed in the status bar when the menu
item is selected, is entered here.
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The status
bar, (found at the bottom of the workspace) can serve as an information
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Image
This property is used to select the image to be displayed in the menu.
The image selected here will be shown instead of the menu's title.
User
Level
The Password User Level is entered in this property and is needed for
executing, for instance, the command lists associated to the Menu Item.
When the Menu in question is to be used by a user, Movicon will request
authentication of a user with a Password User Level equal to or higher
to that set in the Item. If the user, logging on, has the necessary access
rights, they will be given access, otherwise they will be denied access
and it will not be possible to execute the operations requested.
For further information, please see paragraph "User
Level and Access Level".
Level Segregation
This property
is useful when needing to restrict the use of functions implemented in
an object or symbol for a specific Project or Runtime User Password Level.
In order for this to function, you will need to make sure that the Password Management is active, and
segregration must be used for individual objects and symbols.
Lower or
higher user password levels will not be accepted.
The Login
operation using the Password Level Segregation will be interpreted
as a classic User Login.
Single
El. Sign. for Commands
The property explicitly requests
a First Level User Login with a Password indicated in the "First
El. Sign. Level" property. There is no need to have the project's
Password Management active for
the First El. Sign. Level request.
When the User interacts with the Object in which the Variable is
set, the Login request will be executed through a specific Login Window
requesting the "First El. Sign. Level"
as the User Password Level.
Once the level has been validated successfully, the operation will be logged
in the System Log.
Double
El. Sign. for Commands
This property explicitly requests
a First and Second Level User Login with a Password Level indicated in
the "First El. Sign. Level"
and "Second El. Sign. Level"
properties. The project's Password
Managment does not need to be active for the Electronic Signature
Level request. When the User interacts with the Object in which
the Variable is set, the Login request will be executed through a specific
Login Window initially requesting the "First El. Sign Level"
and then the "Second El. Sign. Level" as the User Password Level.
Once each level has been validated successfully, each operation will be
reported in the System Log by indicating the set value and the user who
validated it.
In this case, the Double Validation Signature cannot be performed by the
same User but by two different Users for which it is absolutely necessary.
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The use of the "Single\ Double El. Signatures" set
in the Variable is a way to perform Validation Levels in objects,
such as Displays or On-Off buttons for example, that cannot be
configured to perform it.
The Validation Level can also be used without using the "Password
Management" for User Logins. Conversely, if the User Login
is enabled, the Single or Double Validation will also be required
in the event of Failed User Login.
Networking Client applications
can use the Validation Level that has been set in the Variables.
The Client asks the Server to validate the credentials being
the Variables managed directly by the Server. This will mean that
the Client Variable may change value (e.g. set to '1') if the
Server Validation is successful and thus cause the Variable to
also change on the Server side. If unsuccessful, the Variable
on the Client side will return to its original value and the one
on the Server side will remain as it is.
The operations executed by the Client are also recorded on the
Server.
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