Dialog call:You have opened a project. Utilities > Master data > Form > Open > [Open]. You have opened the Form properties - <Form name> dialog (Popup menu > Properties on the form in the Pages - <Project name> navigator dialog) and have clicked [...] in the Value field of Assignment: Function definition to graphic property.
In this dialog you specify for which function definition a particular graphic should be shown in the data area. This property is needed so that a (predefined) graphic can be shown in the terminal diagram, for instance, for terminals of a particular terminal type (i.e., with a particular function definition).
If after defining the assignment in this dialog you place the Assignment: Function definition to graphic property in the form, then a symbol is placed based on the function definition of the function to be output.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
Category / Group / Description:
Once a function definition has been selected, the corresponding values are shown in these fields.
"Feed-through terminal, 4 targets, with saddle" is selected as function definition; the fields are then filled in as follows:
Category: Terminals
Group: Terminals (2 connection points)
Description: Feed-through terminal with four targets and saddle jumper option.
Click [...] in this field to open the Function definitions dialog to select a function definition. Multiple selection is not possible here.
Note:
Both the Attributes tab and the Connection point data tab of the selected function definition can not be edited here!
Once a symbol is selected, the corresponding symbol library is shown in this field.
In this field, the symbol is entered whose graphic should be assigned to the function definition: Click [...] to open the Symbol selection dialog and select a symbol. Multiple selection is not possible here.
Note:
Take care that only the symbols of the stored symbol libraries are displayed. If you use a form in a project that does not contain the appropriate symbol library, then the components will be missing from the report!
Popup menu:
The popup menu provides - depending on the field type (date, integer, multilingual, etc.) - the following menu items:
See also
Defining Graphics Depending on Function Definitions in Forms