{"id":8277,"date":"2019-08-15T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/en\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2019-08-16T14:02:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:02:34","slug":"changing-elipse-powers-powercontrols-lib-interface-behavior-via-menutype-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/en\/changing-elipse-powers-powercontrols-lib-interface-behavior-via-menutype-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Elipse Power&#039;s powercontrols.lib interface behavior via MenuType property."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><u>Introduction<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <em>MenuType<\/em> property of <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/en\/?s=powercontrols.lib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>powercontrols.lib<\/strong><\/a> library is a new feature that was introduced with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elipse.com.br\/en\/produto\/elipse-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elipse Power version 5.0<\/a>. It allows the operator to change the <strong>powercontrols.lib<\/strong> interface behavior when the user clicks the library&#8217;s screen objects. This property presents five different values; they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>0: FullPowerMenu <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1: Modal screen <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2: PowerExplorer <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>3: PowerExplorerMenu <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>4: Custom<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To begin with, this article will show you how to access this property to change the <strong>powercontrols.lib<\/strong> interface behavior; we will also see the expected result from each of the available options.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Accessing <em>MenuType <\/em>property<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Firstly, you will need to access the <em>MenuType <\/em>property. To do so, there are two possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The first option is: you can access it via the screen objects of <strong>powercontrols.lib<\/strong> library instanced on the screen. In this case, each screen object may have its individual interface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7866\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1_7776EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second option is: you can access this property directly from the library&#8217;s XControl definitions. Thus, the interface you have selected will be applied to all the instanced objects of the same class (for example: switchers, breakers, etc).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7872\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Available values for <em>MenuType <\/em>property<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0 <em>MenuType<\/em> property will return one of the five values below.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>0-FullPowerMenu<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This option opens <strong>Measurements<\/strong>, <strong>Commands <\/strong>and <strong>Interlocks <\/strong>at\u00a0 theXPowerMenu. Until recently, this was the default behavior of <strong>powercontrols.lib<\/strong> library (previous versions).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7871\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1-Modal screen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This option opens the modal screen set up at <em>ModalScreenName <\/em>property, and it passes the object&#8217;s <em>PathName<\/em> as argument.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7870\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, the library automatically passes the <em>PathName<\/em> of the selected object as the opening argument of the modal screen set up at <em>ModalScreenName <\/em>property.<\/p>\n<p>After that, the application can receive this argument at the modal screen&#8217;s <em>OnPreShow<\/em> event, and then use it to implement a customized screen for sending events.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2-PowerExplorer<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This option opens the PowerExplorer screen directly. In this case, the inital screen will open according to the type of object in use (switches and breakers open on <strong>Commands<\/strong> tab, the other on <strong>Measurements<\/strong> tab).<\/p>\n<p>This has been the library&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">default option<\/span> since Elipse Power version 5.0 was released; consequently, if unchecked, the current behavior of the library&#8217;s interface will not change.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7869\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3-Simplified Menu <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This option displays only two options at the XPowerMenu: <strong>Measurements<\/strong> and <strong>Commands<\/strong>. As a result, both will open the PowerExplorer window on their respective tabs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7868\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4-Custom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This option leaves a blank space at the library&#8217;s XPowerMenuCreator. In this case, the developer can add their customized script for the application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7867\" src=\"http:\/\/kb.elipse.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7_7776EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1169\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The MenuType property of powercontrols.lib library is a new feature that was introduced with Elipse Power version 5.0. 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