Visual Scil; Visual Scil Objects - ABB MicroSCADA Pro SYS 600 Technical Description

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Visual SCIL

Visual SCIL is an object-oriented Windows look-and-feel graphical programming
environment. Visual SCIL dialogs are programmed using methods. Methods, except
some predefined and pre-programmed methods, are SCIL programs.
Methods define the dynamic operation of Visual SCIL dialogs and dialog items.
Each dialog and dialog item has its own set of methods. Methods can be executed
cyclically, after certain user operations or certain events. Some methods can be
executed by a method called in SCIL.
Editable methods are programmed in the SCIL program editor, which is accessed
from the Dialog Editor.

Visual SCIL objects

There are about 40 Visual SCIL objects that can be used for building graphical user
interfaces.
Visual SCIL object types
Visual SCIL objects can be grouped into the following main types:
• Container Group Objects. This group contains dialogs and dialog items which
can contain other dialog items. The objects are containers, picture containers,
menus, notebooks and notebook pages.
• Other Dialog Items (for example a button).
• Images.
Buttons, texts, menus and images are called dialog items in a dialog.
Creating Visual SCIL objects
Dialogs are generally designed and programmed with the Dialog Editor, utilising the
extensive set of included Visual SCIL objects, such as texts, buttons, lists, numeric
spinners, combo boxes, check boxes, menu bars and notebooks. Visual SCIL objects
can be loaded from files or be created by SCIL statements in pictures and dialogs.
Dialog boxes
Visual SCIL objects, for example, dialogs are mostly used when creating tools for
application engineering purposes. The objects are shown in dialog boxes, which first
show the main dialog or a picture container. The main dialog and all the dialogs
opened within it, or from items included in the picture, belong to the same dialog
system.
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