In reply to Matt Stoner:
Below are the Picture number, type and coordinates with all three bars (Title, Menu and Status) hidden. If you have 'Full Screen in Run mode' selected in Workspace User Preferences, change the X=-6 to X=0.
Picture1 - Toolbar
X=-6, Y=0, H=80, W=1680
Picture2 - Main Picture 1
X=-6, Y=80, H=890, W=1680
Picture3 - Alarm Banner
X=-6, Y=970, H=80, W=1680
Picture4 - Toolbar 2
Picture5 - Main Picture 2
Picture6 - Alarm Banner 2
Picture7 - Toolbar 3
Picture8 - Main Picture 3
Picture9 - User Aux Bar 1
Picture10 - Toolbar 4
Picture11 - Main Picture 4
Picture12 - User Aux Bar 2
Show all three bars:
Change Display Picture Height from 890 to 832 in the layout file
Change Alarmban 1 and 2 and Toolbar 3 and 4 Y positions from 970 to 912 in the layout file
Change all the Main Picture Document Height properties to 62.83
Status bar only
Change Display Picture Height from 890 to 871 in the layout file
Change Alarmban 1 and 2 and Toolbar 3 and 4 Y positions from 970 to 951 in the layout file
Change all the Main Picture Document Height properties to 65.78
Title bar only
Change Display Picture Height from 890 to 870 in the layout file
Change Alarmban 1 and 2 and Toolbar 3 and 4 Y positions from 970 to 950 in the layout file
Change all the Main Picture Document Height properties to 65.70
Title and Status bar only
Change Display Picture Height from 890 to 851 in the layout file
Change Alarmban 1 and 2 and Toolbar 3 and 4 Y positions from 970 to 931 in the layout file
Change all the Main Picture Document Height properties to 64.27
Regards,
Matt
In reply to AdrianOffield:
Adrian,
How did it work out?
If you do have any of those options different, the main picture will get stretched and the text will most likely get distorted. You can check to see how they look first and if the text is getting distorted then you will need to adjust the document height.
In reply to John Rezabek:
John,
Each of the numbers do correlate to pixels for each monitor with left, top position for each monitor being x=0, y=0.
I think the -6 has to do with visible outlines of workspace/pictures but we almost always setup to run Full Screen and use x=0 for operator stations.
Yes the pictures have the same coordinates as they will be placed in the same locations on each monitor, it doesn't have to be this way though. It wouldn't prevent someone from having the 6 pics on monitor 1 but then only having just alarm banner, main pic and toolbar on another monitor but this layout would mostly likely cause distortion on the main picture displays (which is why they are configured the same way) because iFix displays aren't scalable and should be configured based on the window size they will be placed in.
At the end of the Layout file is some help except the "Naming a Layout File" section hasn't been updated for v13 (at least in 13.3 versions) so I will describe the order in a different format hopefully for more clarity (omit the 1920 items if not v13):
Hope this clears it up
Matt, thanks for the reply.
Thinking this will make navigation a little easier for the board operator, I am trying to get this to function. I think they will have an easier time finding the mouse.
Primary / Secondary, whichever the order, I want these to function like their current dual monitor vertical workstation.
The 3rd monitor "above" the secondary display would have the alarm summary.
The 4th would be a large screen overview graphic.
1.) Do I have the screen order correct?
2.) The "DefaultVertical_1680x1050.Layout" only defines the primary and secondary screens (11 pictures which includes the history lists). Can I use the definitions for USER1 and USER2 from my quad layout file (which now largely works, thank you) and paste them into a new one for the 1x4 vertical layout?