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RE: FTOptix Scale Layout - scale error within container

Posted By Andy.S Apr 28, 2026 12:03:00 PM
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Just to add, while the error seems to persist during the editing session, if you save the project, exit and re-open, the alignment is fixed and as expected. My sequence to repeat this was: Create Scale Layout > Double-click to open > adjust size to 400W x 40H > Add Horz Layout. The Horz Layout ...

FTOptix Scale Layout - scale error within container

Posted By Andy.S Apr 28, 2026 11:30:00 AM
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#FTOptix I'm seeing an issue that doesn't appear to be in an earlier version of FTOptix. At this stage I have 1.7.2 as my current version and I still have 1.6.5.1 installed for comparison. If I create a Scale Layout container and then place a Horizontal Layout within it, the size of the Horizontal ...

RE: FT Optix: Limiting a Dialog Popups to Single Runtime Instances.

Posted By Andy.S Apr 20, 2026 08:07:00 AM
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I'm a bit confused with the OpenDialog method, which needs the target container (UIRoot window), but then DialogType, not Dialog? If I search in the help for OpenDialog it says it needs Dialog and AliasNode. Where should I look for more info? Thanks again. ------------------------------------------ ...

RE: FT Optix: Limiting a Dialog Popups to Single Runtime Instances.

Posted By Andy.S Apr 20, 2026 04:44:00 AM
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Thanks, I was leaning towards this as it means it's all contained with no instance configuration. Am I right in thinking I should be able to just use IUANode.Find ("MyPopupInstance1") to check for null instances in the current session? -------------------------------------------

FT Optix: Limiting a Dialog Popups to Single Runtime Instances.

Posted By Andy.S Apr 20, 2026 03:33:00 AM
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#FTOptix Hi Everyone, I'm looking to determine the most elegant way of achieving single runtime instances of a Dialog Popup? Let me explain further: I've created a Dialog Popup Type (template) that we intend to use for any overlay popups that we need in our application. This will include ...

RE: FT Optix: Searching/Modifying all objects of a type at Design Time - Seen a post but have now lost it

Posted By Andy.S Apr 07, 2026 08:00:00 AM
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Found it and I had the function nearly right. It was FindNodesByType and was searching for buttons and changing their width. FTOptix Ui style configuration | Advanced Software Thanks again for your help. -------------------------------------------

RE: FT Optix: Searching/Modifying all objects of a type at Design Time - Seen a post but have now lost it

Posted By Andy.S Apr 07, 2026 07:53:00 AM
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Thank you, I will forward this one on but it's not the one I was thinking of. I'm guessing I can't find it as the methods shown were nothing to do with the original question. I feel the Netlogic script was posted in the reply. It used the GetNodesByType function to return, I think, all of the Windows ...

FT Optix: Searching/Modifying all objects of a type at Design Time - Seen a post but have now lost it

Posted By Andy.S Apr 07, 2026 05:23:00 AM
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#FTOptix I've been trying to find a post that I saw a few weeks ago, to pass on to a colleague but now can't find it. The post related to a design time script which was used to search for all occurrences of a Type in a project, which were iterated through and modified with a global change. ...

RE: Separating Date/Time Format from Locale

Posted By Andy.S Mar 27, 2026 07:37:00 AM
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Thanks Lorenzo, that's really useful to know. In our use case it's mainly for the data grid message display, where we incorporate alarms, trips and process state/event messages. The flexibility for user based units is great though I can imagine confusion if one operator was using 12hr and the other using ...

Separating Date/Time Format from Locale

Posted By Andy.S Mar 27, 2026 07:03:00 AM
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#FTOptix As per the title, is there a way to independently define the Time and Date formats beyond those predefined within the locale? I can't see a way of displaying 12hr AM/PM format with regions beyond Eng-US? 12/24 hr format is sometimes specific to an end customer and not necessarily ...

RE: Style Sheet Retentivity

Posted By Andy.S Mar 19, 2026 10:56:00 AM
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Thanks @CodeAssist, this explains the flaky operation I was seeing, as my first switch of the style was never reflected in the project. Both methods work fine for me now, so now I'm spoilt for choice :) From the point of view of our internal design support team, we may prefer to stick with ...

RE: Style Sheet Retentivity

Posted By Andy.S Mar 19, 2026 08:49:00 AM
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Ah OK, so switching the integer to change style rather than the current style itself, thanks Craig, that's a good idea. My tired brain just carried on down the path of trying to directly switch the session style sheet 😀 ------------------------------------------- ...

Style Sheet Retentivity

Posted By Andy.S Mar 19, 2026 07:22:00 AM
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Hi all, #FTOptix Again on the subject of retentivity, what is the best method for keeping the chosen style sheet between restarts? I can switch the current session style OK, but I don't think I can directly connect that to a retentivity node. I created a Model object called "CurrentStyle", ...

RE: Using Retentivity for Position Persistence.

Posted By Andy.S Mar 18, 2026 06:46:00 AM
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Many thanks, I knew it would be something silly. When you click on the example connections it doesn't take you to the advanced tag, like it does when you've added a complex connection, so I was just assuming that dragged tag connections were automatically 2 way. That fixed it :) ------------------- ...

Using Retentivity for Position Persistence.

Posted By Andy.S Mar 18, 2026 04:35:00 AM
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#FTOptix I'm trying to give some draggable popups (Dialog containers) persistence on their position. I've looked at the FeatureDemo2 project and tried replicating the draggable cards and couldn't get it to work. In fact, new versions of the working object type don't seem to work. I also tried ...

RE: U.S. Shipping Only: Limited FT Optix Branded Wireless Chargers Available

Posted By Andy.S Mar 16, 2026 05:21:00 AM
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DOH! 😂 (UK based) ------------------------------------------- ...

RE: Instances of Some Types (e.g. Panels) Become New Types

Posted By Andy.S Mar 13, 2026 09:14:00 AM
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I did miss it so that's great, thank you. -------------------------------------------

RE: Instances of Some Types (e.g. Panels) Become New Types

Posted By Andy.S Mar 13, 2026 08:23:00 AM
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Sorry, it was my misunderstanding of the search and no slight on your suggestion. All this time playing about with Optix and I'd never found the need to use the search, other than the project view filter occasionally. In reality we will be >12 months away from fielding question from our support team. ...

RE: Instances of Some Types (e.g. Panels) Become New Types

Posted By Andy.S Mar 13, 2026 08:06:00 AM
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Currently they do, which works as it gets a partial match on the display name. However, if the submenu is called FuelSystemMenu, the search doesn't find SubMenu in the Type. From our Design Support team's POV, I'd prefer that they are looking for logical connections (if that's the right term) between ...

RE: Instances of Some Types (e.g. Panels) Become New Types

Posted By Andy.S Mar 13, 2026 04:45:00 AM
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I've just tried this, from the global search and from the project view search, and it only gives me one occurrence of SubMenu2, which is the Type in Templates. The SubTypes derived from Type are not found. Not a huge problem for me, but it would be nice for people unfamiliar with the layout to be able ...