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zenon Analyzer not only offers manual report generation, it enables the creation of reports based on schedules and can generate them event-driven. The event-driven report generation is able to create reports based on external events, such as the end of a lot production. In this case, the zenon Runtime works hand-in-hand with the zenon Analyzer. [...]

Welcome to the first blog entry on zenon’s ‘Batch Control’ module. Let us get the feeling of the next generation of automation, and see how batch control fits in zenon, and where zenon fits in batch control. Flexible process control One principal entity of the ISA 88 compliant batch control is that the process engineering [...]

Last time we went through the native Multi-Touch capabilities in zenon 7.10 for cialis prix dynamic elements and the screens. This time we will focus on the new Multi-Touch features in the Alarm Message List, Chronological Event List, Extended Trend Module and the new touch-optimized time filter controls. Alarm Message List / Chronological Event List [...]

Last time we focused on the key concepts behind Windows 8 Multi-Touch – direct manipulation and gestures. In the next two parts of this blog series we will address the new Multi-Touch features integrated natively into zenon 7.10. Multi-Touch in zenon 7.10 With the implementation of Windows 8 Multi-Touch into zenon 7.10  we focused on [...]

Multi-Touch integration in the HMI/SCADA zenon Product Family has already been in use since version 7.00. Other than some native features like zooming and scrolling in a worldview picture, doing anything else with Multi-Touch has been pretty cumbersome for the integrator.

Introduction The next version of zenon will be available in 32 and 64 bit. Therefore the included Visual Basic for Applications package will be upgraded from the 6.5 (32Bit) to 7.1 (32 and 64Bit). When using the 32Bit version of zenon none of the existing code needs to be modified, workspace and runtime projects can [...]

Introduction Although most .Net solution are developed using c#, in some cases porting existing old code (from vba) to VB.Net might be more efficient than starting from scratch in c#. This blog entry explains which methods and functions are to be implemented in order to have a VB.Net Wizard displayed in the zenon Wizard dialog [...]

Introduction In average day working with the zenon Editor quite a few actions are required for each project. Actions like creating a default set of users, common drivers, default templates, etc. can be time consuming. Obviously these actions can be replaced and automated by use of VSTA-code in the editor. But if price of viagra [...]

Link VBA with Straton WB by using StratOnCom interface This topic describes how to configure the VBA editor to connect with the Straton Workbench and how to use the StratOnCom interface. First of all you need a Straton Workbench Project. Create one. Open the VBA Editor and select "myWorkspace" and click on the meneu "Extras/References" [...]

Introduction When you try to move free defineable screens via the mouse, you will figure out that those screens have no titlebar where you can move it. Can I move screens without title bar in zenon? A quick answer YES. You can achieve this functionality for example via VSTA. How to move the window The [...]