Beijer Electronics (formerly QSI Corporation)

Hi

I don't understand how the expressions work. I'm trying to read a bit in an integer tag and change color if specific bit is on.

There could be little more text in the help site about the expression function...

Mika

I don't know of a way to do exactly what you're asking for without a little bit a script. Here's one way, I'm researching if there's an easier way to do this.

Create a tag, in my example I'll call it "ColorTag". Select the object who's color you want to change. Click on the "Dynamic" tab. Click on "Fill" and set up some different colors mapped to the "ColorTag".



Next, select "Tags" on the left. Select the "Tags" tab, click on "Script". Double click on "ValueChange" in the tree to create an event in code. Add some code similar to this (see attached screenshot).

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Ron L.

http://www.beijerelectronicsinc.com/

That could work but then I have to do new tag for each object.

The idea of this is that I bring input bytes from controller and the user can see and test if sensors or buttons don't word correctly, and changing a color is quite visual and easy to understand. So one object has only two colors indicating false/true.

In the manual, there is written in expressions that you could do this by writing code there were you select the tag for color change. In previous post, image "fill_dynamic", the button with "..." after tag selection box. There you can do the code, and there is a library where is the needed code, but i can't make it work..

So I hope you find the easier way.. The expressions could be the answer, if you only figure out how the code works.

Mika

I found a way to do what I needed..

Instead of changin the color, I control the "true"-indicators visibility. The "'false"-indicator is allways visible, and when the bit I'm watching is 1, the "true"-indicator comes visible on top of the "false"-indicator.

I used the expressions code function.

In future IX Dev programs, there should be an easyer way to do this...

Mika