About Px views
A Px view is a custom graphical view that you define in a Px file. The purpose of a Px view is to provide a visualization of information in a rich, dynamic format that is easy to create and to edit. By using the Px Editor to build Px files, you can create the desired visualization of your control logic without having software programming skills. When attached to a component, the Px view becomes the default view for the component.
Looking at an object’s Px view in the property sheet (where it may be edited) helps illustrate what a Px view is. A Px view is comprised of the following parts.
- Icon
Assign or change the icon file that appears to the left of the Px view display name. After assigning this icon to the view, it appears in the view selector menu, the Nav tree side bar, and in the property sheet view.
Icon graphics must be linked into your view from a module (for example, use the following path to find a “folder” icon: “
module://icons/x16/folder.png”). Icon graphics are not supported outside of modules. - Px File
Assign the Px file that is associated with active Px view. See About Px files for more about Px file.
- Required Permissions
Assign or edit the Operator and Admin permissions that are applicable when the view is active: Read (r), Write (w), Invoke (I).
- Media
Edit the target media of the Px view:
workbenchorhtml. See About types of Px target media for details about target media types.
Figure 1. Px view in a component property sheet
