Controls Menu Overview

The application allows you to design your own pages to display your data in many different ways.  Your pages are assembled from Controls that you drag from the Controls menu onto one of your pages. To change the properties of a control that is on a page, double click on it or click on it to select it then click on the wrench icon.  This will open the properties window for the control.  The properties vary per control.  Some properties, such as Font and Text Color are pretty self explanatory.  Others require more explanation, and we'll go into detail on each control shortly.  Once a control is on a page, you can click and drag it to move it around the page, or click and drag an edge to resize the control.  Additional tools for arranging your controls is available from the edit menu.

Most changes to controls on a page only affect your local display and are not permanently saved.  To save changes to the server so the page will reappear with the new settings, you must click on the save button at the top right corner of the screen, next to the logout button.

Static Text: displays text that does not change.  This can be one word or complete paragraphs.  You can also use this control without any text to create colored areas or panels.

Value Display: displays the result of an expression, which could be a tag or variable value, or a complex formula.

Symbol: displays a JPEG, GIF, or PNG image.  DAQConnect includes a library of images you can use, or you can upload images of your own to create your own library.

Trend Graph: displays your data or variables in a graph over time

Angular Gauge: displays a gauge that rotates a pointer depending on a value

Text Button: displays a button with a text label with different styles for hover, pressed and disabled

Date Edit: an edit control that allows you to select a date. 

Time Edit: an edit control that allows you to select a time.

Slider: a horizontal or vertical bar with one or two handles that can be moved along the bar to select a value.