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SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture Version 3.18 Documentation
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  2. CONTROL
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  4. AttentionEffect EWO functions
  • CONTROL
    • Introduction to CTRL

      An introduction to the product's own programming language Control(CTRL).

    • CONTROL Classes
    • Types of Control Functions

      An overview of the types of functions distinguished within Control.

    • Control graphics
      • Graphics objects
      • Attributes of graphics objects
      • Panel functions
      • Reference Functions
      • Arc
      • AttentionEffect EWO functions
        • "acceptDrops"

          Specifies whether drop events are enabled for this object.

        • "contextMenuPolicy"

          Defines how the respective widgets shows the context menu.

        • "effectType"

          Defines the effect type for the AttentionEffect EWO.

        • "focus"

          The attribute "focus"; returns TRUEif the object has the focus.

        • "font"

          Sets the font of an object.

        • "isActiveWindow"

          The attribute "isActiveWindow"; returns TRUE if this widget is the active window, otherwise FALSE.

        • "layoutDirection"

          Defines the widget's layout direction.

        • "start"

          Starts the animation of the AttentionEffect EWO.

        • "stop"

          Stops the animation of the AttentionEffect EWO.

        • "updatesEnabled"

          This attribute specifies whether updates of a widget (for example, a textEdit, slider, progress bar, zoom navigator, LCD number or thumb wheel) have been enabled.

        • "x", "y"

          The attributes x and y return the coordinate of an object (e.g. a textEdit, a progress bar, a slider, a zoom navigator, an LCD number or a thumb wheel). x returns the X coordinate of an object. y returns the Y coordinate of an object.

      • Bar trend
      • BarChart3D EWO
      • Button
      • Chart.ewo
      • Calendar
      • Cascade
      • Checkbox
      • Clock
      • Combobox
      • DateTimeEdit EWO functions
      • DialGauge EWO
      • DoubleSpinbox EWO
      • DpTreeView
      • DpTypeView
      • Embedded module
      • Frame
      • GIS Viewer EWO

        WinCC OA GIS Viewer provides the cartographic representation of objects in WinCC OA. This new feature provides numerous advantages, particularly in geographical distributed systems, like in Water, Traffic, Oil & Gas or Energy.

      • Label Functions
      • Layoutgroup functions
      • LCD number
      • Maps Widget - Properties and Functions
      • PDF Viewer EWO
      • PictureFlow EWO functions
      • Pipe
      • Polyline
      • Primitive text
      • Progress bar
      • Radio box
      • Rectangle
      • Reference Functions
      • Scheduler.ewo
      • Selection list
      • Slider
      • Spin button
      • Splitter
      • Tab
      • Table

        The available functions of the Table object.

      • TextEdit
      • Text field
      • Thumb wheel
      • ToggleSwitch EWO
      • Tree widget
      • Trend
      • WebView EWO

        All events and functions, specifically available for the WebView EWO.

      • Zoom Navigator

        Functions available for the Zoom Navigator widget.

    • CONTROL Functions
    • CTRL Debugger

      With the CTRL Debugger you can debug the programming language Control.

    • CtrlExtension

      The CtrlExtension allows the addition of custom C++ code.

AttentionEffect EWO functions

Available functions
"acceptDrops"
"contextMenuPolicy"
"effectType"
"focus"
"font"
"isActiveWindow"
"layoutDirection"
"start"
"stop"
"updatesEnabled"
"x", "y"

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