citect 5.4 resolution

Hello Slight smile 

Does anyone know how to change the runtime resolution for a configured runtime project? The project was configured with lower resolution back in the old days (window xp). I have try function winsize(1920,1080) in cicode and it doesn't work. Schneider website mentioned to add INI parameter through computer setup editor which is no way to be found in this version. 

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  • Citect pages are bitmapped and not vectorial, so I think you can't resize them "automatically". Even if you can do it, the result will be strange.

    In your situation, what I usually do is:

    - Resize the templates (open your templates and resize each of them, or replace the base template with another base template with new size)

    - Open all pages and adjust, first approach is center the contents of each page, later if you have time/budget distribute and arrange the contents, sometimes or some pages as the screen was 4x3 and now is wide, the extra space in the side can be used for additional info, like KPIs, etc.

    Regards

  • Hi Nuno, what do you mean by resizing the templates? I try to create the page with resolution SXGA, but the maximum I can get is still a square box. 

  • Hi.

    That depends on your "tree" of templates.

    From the image you share it looks like a very old "normal" template from include project. That include project just have until SXGA 1280x1024 (4:3).

    There are other templates out of the box in projects csv_include(intil SXVA), tab_style_include (HD1028 and WUXGA), sxw_style_include(HD768,HD1028 and WUXGA), sa_include (HD2018, UHD4K), and you can design your templates in any size you need choosing "User defined".

    If your project uses the normal template from include project, changing to other more recent style like sa (situational awareness) will be the official citect answer, but will imply some work, so to keep the look and feel,  the faster approach is open the normal template, resize it (file, properties, appearance, view area) and save it with a new name "myNormal" INSIDE your project.

    Some pages like alarms, summary, trends etc may use different templates based also in included project, open those templates (like "alarm"), save them in your project with a new name "MyAlarm", then change the base template (file, properties, appearance, template) to your myNormal template and adjust the other stuff in the template.

    After having the needed templates in your project in the size you want, you need to open all pages and replace the template from include project with your template.

    Instead of saving the new templates in your project you may create a include project for your templates, symbols, code, etc, that can be used in different projects, but be aware of NEVER save your template in the include project or it will not be in the backup and will be deleted on updates. 

    Sorry for the long post, I hope it helps.

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  • Hi.

    That depends on your "tree" of templates.

    From the image you share it looks like a very old "normal" template from include project. That include project just have until SXGA 1280x1024 (4:3).

    There are other templates out of the box in projects csv_include(intil SXVA), tab_style_include (HD1028 and WUXGA), sxw_style_include(HD768,HD1028 and WUXGA), sa_include (HD2018, UHD4K), and you can design your templates in any size you need choosing "User defined".

    If your project uses the normal template from include project, changing to other more recent style like sa (situational awareness) will be the official citect answer, but will imply some work, so to keep the look and feel,  the faster approach is open the normal template, resize it (file, properties, appearance, view area) and save it with a new name "myNormal" INSIDE your project.

    Some pages like alarms, summary, trends etc may use different templates based also in included project, open those templates (like "alarm"), save them in your project with a new name "MyAlarm", then change the base template (file, properties, appearance, template) to your myNormal template and adjust the other stuff in the template.

    After having the needed templates in your project in the size you want, you need to open all pages and replace the template from include project with your template.

    Instead of saving the new templates in your project you may create a include project for your templates, symbols, code, etc, that can be used in different projects, but be aware of NEVER save your template in the include project or it will not be in the backup and will be deleted on updates. 

    Sorry for the long post, I hope it helps.

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