CONTROL
- Introduction to CTRL
- CONTROL Classes
- Types of Control Functions
- CONTROL graphics
- CONTROL Functions
  - Funtions A
  - Funtions B
  - Funtions C
  - Funtions D
  - Functions E
  - Functions F
  - Functions G
  - Functions H
  - Functions I
  - Functions J
  - Functions K
  - Functions L
  - Functions M
  - Functions N
  - Functions O
    - onBoard()
      The method checks whether an asset is valid (onboarding). The method connects to MindSphere.
    - OPCEnumQuery()
      Function for browsing registered OPC servers. This function is used for the simple OPC client configuration.
    - openAES()
    - openDialog()
      Opens a dialog for simple configuration.
    - openLogViewer()
      Opens the Log Viewer.
    - openProgressBar()
      Displays a module with the defined parameters for a progress bar.
    - openTrend()
      Opens a predefined trend group.
    - openTrendCurves()
      Opens a trend with a configuration trendName and replaces the curves that contain a dollar parameter.
    - openUrl()
      The function openUrl is used to open files located at arbitrary URLs in external applications.
  - Functions P
  - Functions Q
  - Functions R
  - Functions S
  - Functions T
  - Functions U
  - Functions V
  - Functions W
  - Functions X
  - Functions Y
  - Functions Z
- CTRL Debugger
  With the CTRL Debugger you can debug the programming language Control.

openDialog()

Opens a dialog for simple configuration.

Synopsis

int openDialog(string panel [, dyn_string subst [, mapping &result]]);

Parameters


Parameter	Description
panel	Name of the panel
subst	Dollar parameter, see text
&result	returned mapping, holding panel information

Return value

The function returns 0 in normal operation or in the event of errors, -1.

Error

For example, if the function is used outside the attribute editor.

Description

Displays a Vision module in dialog mode with the specified panel. Only internal.

This function allows simple configuration only in the GEDI.

Example

The file "sp.ctl" in the directory "scripts/gedi" contains the CONTROL script that opens the panel for simple configuration of different attributes of the graphics elements. For example, from the above-mentioned file "sp.ctl", the panel "EP_foreCol" opens from the directory "panels/gedi" with the following statement.

main()
{
  openDialog("gedi/EP_foreCol");
}

The panel "EP_foreCol" is opened from the directory "panels/gedi".

Assignment

Simple configuration

Availability

UI