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SA Faceplates - How do I use them without a composite genie?

Chris

First, I'll admit, I have not looked into this to deeply yet, figured I'd ask first.

I would like to use the faceplate area to display system level controls that are not associated with the built in composite genies. What steps need to be taken to place a generic object on the screen that gets clicked on during run time and the configured faceplate shows up? I would be adding a custom equipment type for these and adding references to my custom faceplates for each equipment instance.

Thanks,

Chris

  • Would the "Selection Adorner" genie work for this?
  • Hi Chris,

    The workspace's context system is driven via setting 'context'. The selection adorner is the primary mechanism for doing this. We have provided two selection adorners in SA_Library\SA_common. For standard genies use the "selection_adorner" genie. Place that behind your genie. Fill in the equipment name param on the adorner genie. When the selection adorner is clicked at runtime it will change the context of the workspace and the faceplate will appear (assuming you have assigned a faceplate to your equipment).

    The "selection_adorner_auto" genie has resizing capabilities in it for genies that change size. It requires very specific setup to use (such as group position). If you need that you will dissect a comp genie instance.

    cheers,
    bradley
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