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Version Information
EmVue v1
FrontVue 15
FrontVue 16
PcVue 10.0
PcVue 11
PcVue 11.1
PcVue 11.2
PcVue 12
PcVue 15
PcVue 16
PcVue 6
PcVue 7.00
PcVue 7.20
PcVue 8.00
PcVue 8.10
PcVue 8.2
PcVue 9.0
PlantVue 2.6
WebVue
[KB1246] Preventing PcVue crash when a required DLL for 3D is missing
Issue PcVue may crash when opening a 3D mimic if a required DLL is missing at initialization. Cause The absence of the DLL at mimic startup causes a critical error, […]
[KB1211] How to import a local library into a PcVue project
Applies to: PcVue 12 onwards Summary: Here are the steps to import an existing library into a project. Details: To integrate an existing library into your project, you will have […]
[KB1170] Using a PcVue Date Time Picker
Applies to: PcVue 12 onwards Summary: A Date and Time Picker is an input field for selecting both a date and a time.This article describes how to deploy a date […]
[KB1159] Open the Windows virtual keyboard
Applies to: PcVue 12 onwards Summary: PcVue comes with its own virtual keyboard, but you cannot enlarge this one.To have bigger virtual keys, you can use the Windows On-Screen Keyboard. […]
[KB1114] How to filter events and continue to display users logon and logoff?
Applies to: PcVue 10 SP2 onwards Summary: Using the PcVue logviewer dialog box, it is possible to filter the events according to their nature while also displaying the connections and […]
[KB1067] Real time variable tracking library
Applies to: PcVue 12 onwards Summary: Since version 7 of PcVue, there is a grid component that can be used for monitoring real-time variables. Here is a library to facilitate […]
[KB1062] Custom display scaling settings on Windows
Applies to: PcVue Symptom: On its own, Windows is able to configure automatically the size of text, apps, and other items by setting Scale and layout parameter to a different […]
[KB852] Annotating the Time Display of a Trend Viewer
Applies to: PcVue 11.1 onwards Summary: You can customize the lables for the time information display of a Trend Viewer.Originator:ND Details: The lower border of a Trend Viewer can display […]
[KB851] Displaying Timestamp Quality in the HMI
Applies to: PcVue 11.2 and later Summary: How to display timestamp quality in the HMI.Originator: ND Details: With some protocols the data is timestamped at the device. This is particularly […]
[KB847] Formatting the display of a register as a time and/or date
Applies to: PcVue 10.0 onwards Summary: When formatting the display of a register as a time and/or date there are some subtleties in behaviour that are not immediately obvious. The […]
[KB829] How to work with GEZE library
Applies to: PcVue 11.2 onwards Summary: This article explains how to use GEZE library which is provided with PcVue 11.2. Details: About GEZE GEZE is a company who has a […]
[KB806] Entering and displaying non-latin characters
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: The purpose of this article is to explain how to enter and display non-latin characters in PcVue. That is, those characters not available from […]
[KB802] Workaround for the loss of layer information when copy pasting a drawing element
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: When you copy and paste a drawing element in the HMI, the layer configuration of the original drawing element is not reproduced in the […]
[KB798] How to convert a project from a single screen to a dual screen
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: The following information can be used as the starting point for converting an existing single screen project into a dual screen project.Originator:LM Details: PcVue […]
[KB737] Display a special character like “delta”
Applies to: All versions of PcVue. Summary: How to display special characters in a PcVue text drawing element. Details: Open the Windows Character Map. The simple way to do this […]
[KB731] Adding line breaks to the text of a Chart Control
Applies to:PcVue 11.1 and later. Summary:Line breaks in the text displayed in a Chart Control. Details:You can add line breaks to the text displayed in a Chart Control (Main title, […]
[KB730] Changing the Color Palette programatically
Applies to: PcVue 10.0 onwards Summary: The color palette can be changed by loading an alternative palette file (PALCOL.DAT) using VBA. Details: The VBA method ThisProject.LoadColors allows alternative color palettes […]
[KB702] PcVue with Russian Characters
How to use PcVue and Russian characters You will need to use an operating system configured for Russian language. Here are the main modifications to do in the system’ settings. […]
[KB675] PcVue Form Controls and User Rights
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0 onwards Summary: This article explains how to control the command level variable when using PcVue Form Controls. Details: When you use PcVue Form Controls, the […]
[KB658] Handled or pulse command animation issues
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0 onwards. Summary: This article explains how to configure the advanced settings of PcVue when using a Send Bit animation and the Pulse or Handled option. […]
[KB648] Calculation of average value in a Trend Viewer legend
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: Information about how average values, optionally displayed in the Trend Viewer legend, are calculated. Details: The average field in the Trend Viewer is a […]
[KB586] Display issue with the ActiveX Microsoft Forms 2.0 ListBox
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 onwards Summary: This issue may happen with ActiveX Microsoft Forms 2.0 ListBox.Bottom of the list box displays the mimics which contains the list box Details: […]
[KB522] How to change the AIgrid cells size manually ?
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article explains how to change AIGrid cells size (in pixels) manually. Details: You must modify the mimic file: First save the mimic as […]
[KB510] AVI File Encoding Supported
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: AVI encoding supported by PcVue. Details: An AVI file must have the right encoding format in order to be inserted in a PcVue […]
[KB497] Single or multiple regions
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: This article applies to Windows environments when PcVue mimics are displayed on multiple screens. Details: Description of the problem: When PcVue starts in a […]
[KB483] Opening mimics developed with a VBA version in an ENA version
Applies to: PcVue 7.20 onwards. Summary: If the project runs with the ENA (Enable Basic) version PcVue, but you have mistakenly modified it with a VBA version any modified mimis […]
[KB457] Compatibility between PcVue and FrontVue
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 onwards. Summary: This article shows a workaround for compatibility between PcVue and FrontVue or PlantVue Solution: Elements involved: This affects symbols, mimics and mimic templates […]
[KB455] Strikethrough font in Alarm Viewer
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 SP1 onwards. Summary: This article explains why you sometimes see a strikethrough font in the the Alarm Viewer. Details: The Alarm Viewer’s font properties on […]
[KB368] Using non-latin fonts in your project
Applies to: PcVue all versions.This article contains obsolete references. Summary: Preparation for working with non-Latin fonts Details: When working on a project, where a Cyrillic or East-Asian language is used […]
[KB367] Use of the ASCII and ANSI parameters
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: The character encoding of configuration files used by PcVue can be defined in two ways: Either by a command line argument or as a […]
[KB361] Image keeps its original size after re-sizing its container
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 onwards. Summary: After inserting an image in a mimic and reducing the size of its container, at runtime the image is displayed at its original resolution […]
[KB358] Display alarm time stamps on a single line
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2 onwards. Summary: Since Pcvue version 8.2, alarm timestamps can be displayed on a single line. This is official and documented. Details: It is also possible […]
[KB356] How to change the default font
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: When you create a new text the default font is always Arial Regular 16. How to change this default behavior? Solution: Open the Drawing […]
[KB355] How to have a text embedded in a rectangle?
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: You want to draw a text surrounded by a rectangle like this screenshot. By default you cannot do it with a basic text object […]
[KB299] Display time stamped and quality of a variable using a standard animation
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: How to display time stamped and quality of a variable using a standard animation Details: To display the time stamp of a variable you […]
[KB294] Modify a text attribute of a variable using a standard animation
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: Modify a text attribute of a variable using a standard animation. Details: To modify a variable’s extended text attribute, you can use a simple […]
[KB290] Max number of points displayed in a trend viewer
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: Maximum number of points displayed in a Trend Viewer Details: PcVue is limited to 4000 points on an historical request (one request per trace […]
[KB282] How to display 3D models from SolidWorks in PcVue
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: PcVue is unable to use 3D images in SolidWorks native format. Details: One solution is to convert 3D SolidWorks models to the VRML format […]
[KB281] How to fix some graphics behaviour issues
Applies to: PcVue all versions.This article contains obsolete references. Summary: How to fix some graphics behaviour issues, like : BMP pictures become black on mouseover Colour of a text displayed […]
[KB280] How to display milliseconds in a Trend Viewer
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: How to display milliseconds in a Trend Viewer Details: For displaying, milliseconds in time information and in cursor mode in trend viewer, you have […]
[KB279] How to broadcast exception periods from one time table to others
Applies to: Pcvue version 8.2 SP1 onwards. While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: How to broadcast exception periods […]
[KB278] How to correctly configure the Single Axis Position animation to create a slider control
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: How to correctly configure the Single Axis Position animation to create a slider control Details: The Single Axis Positioning animation can be used to […]
[KB273] How to filter on User in log table
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: How to filter by User in a log table using deferred extended attribute. Details: This method uses variable attributes and deferred referencing. That is […]
[KB246] Resource allocation for graphical objects
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20c onwards.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to check the […]
[KB245] Images in mimics not being displayed
Applies to: PcVue, FrontVue and PlantVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to solve a problem in which images in mimics are not displayed. Details: Symptom When a mimic […]
[KB244] How to Export an Image from AUTOCAD in WMF Format File
Applies to: PcVue version 6.04 onwards. Summary: This article explains how to export AUTOCAD, version 13, 14 and later, images in WMF (Windows Metafile) format so as to insert them […]
[KB210] Call VCR with a Run Time Dongle
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to call VCR with a Run Time Dongle (protection key). Details: When you create a new application, the F12 function […]
[KB127] How to display a variable’s description in a Trend Viewer in historical mode
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20c onwards. Summary: This article describes how to display a variable’s description in a Trend Viewer’s legend area, in historical mode as well as in real-time […]
[KB126] Cursor shape for a fixed-size mimic
Applies to: Pcvue, FrontVue and PlantVue, all versions. Summary: This article describes how to prevent the cursor from appearing to allow re-sizing as it passes over the edge of a […]
[KB125] GDI leak on opening a mimic in Windows
Applies to: PcVue all versions with support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Summary: This article describes how to prevent a memory leak from the Graphics Device Interface […]
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