Add and configure a comment box
Part one of adding a comment box to a Px view is to add and configure components in your station.
Prerequisites:
- You are connected to the station with the PX Editor view open.
- In the Px Editor palette side bar, open the control palette, and drag a StringWritable point to a location in the Config node on your station.
- In the palette side bar, open the history palette, expand the Extensions folder and drag a StringCOV history extension onto the StringWritable point added earlier.
- In the Nav tree, double-click on the added StringCov component to open its Property Sheet and set the
Enabledproperty value totrueand click Save. - In the Nav tree, right-click on the StringWritable point and select from the popup menu.
- In the Set window, type some text to generate the first history record, for example: First text entry and click OK.
- In the Nav tree, double-click on the StringWritable point to open its Property Sheet.
- In the
Facetsslot, click on the configuration icon (
).The Config Facets window opens.
- In the Config Facets window, click the Add button (
) and configure the facet key as follows, and click OK.- Key:
multiLine - Type:
Boolean - Value:
true
- Key:
- To complete the comment box, click Save.
Continue with the next procedure.