Creating buttons

You can create custom buttons with DeltaV Operate. Typically, these buttons provide custom features. For example, you could create a button to launch a custom application.

Creating a button requires you to create a category for it. Remember, categories supplied with DeltaV Operate cannot be modified.

You can create a new category by entering a name for it. Like toolbar names, category names must conform to VBA conventions. These rules require that the first character begin with a letter, prohibit the use of a space, period (.), exclamation mark (!), or the characters @, &, $, # in the name, and limits the name to 255 characters. In addition, category names cannot match the name of another toolbar, category, picture, schedule, or Dynamo set.

However, it is possible to create a category with the name of a closed document. Similarly, you can save a picture or schedule with the name of an existing category. When either situation occurs, DeltaV Operate can only display one of these items at a time. For example, if you open a picture named OVERVIEW.GRF, the category Overview does not appear in DeltaV Operate category list. To display it, close the picture. When you finish modifying the category, you can re-open the picture.

You can make button categories appear in the Task Wizard by including the text "tasks" to the end of the name. For example, a category called Sample displays in the Task Wizard when you create a category with the name SampleTasks; the category's buttons also appear as tasks you can perform.

Once you create a category, you can add custom buttons to it. Each button you add has properties that you can configure. These properties include the button's name, description, and ScreenTips. You can also edit the button's script. For more information on writing scripts for custom buttons, refer to the Writing Scripts section.