While you can customize the toolbars supplied with DeltaV Operate, you cannot modify their properties. In addition, DeltaV Operate toolbars cannot be renamed or deleted. To eliminate these restrictions, you can create your own toolbars.
Creating a toolbar is similar to customizing one. Both tasks require you to click and drag the buttons you want onto your toolbar. However, when you create a toolbar, you also define its properties. These properties include the toolbar's owner and name.
The owner identifies the document or application that owns the toolbar. This owner must be active for the toolbars it owns to appear. For example, picture toolbars appear while you have one or more pictures open. If you subsequently open a schedule, DeltaV Operate hides the picture toolbars and shows the Scheduler toolbars. DeltaV Operate, pictures, and schedules are the available owners.
A toolbar name conforms to VBA naming conventions. These rules limit the name to 31 characters, which may include letters, numbers, and the underscore character. The name must begin with a letter. In addition, toolbar names cannot match the name of any other toolbar, category, picture, schedule, or Dynamo set.
However, it is possible to create a toolbar with the name of a closed document. Similarly, you can save a picture or schedule with the name of a hidden toolbar. When either situation occurs, DeltaV Operate can only open one of these items at a time. For example, if you open a picture named ALARMS.GRF, DeltaV Operate cannot show a toolbar named Alarms. You must close the picture first. Once the toolbar is displayed, you cannot open the picture until you hide the toolbar.
DeltaV Operate does not contain the automation interfaces necessary to create toolbars using VBA. Do not use VBA to create toolbars in DeltaV Operate. Doing so causes unpredictable results.
DeltaV Operate saves the position of top left corner of the each floating and docked toolbar on the screen. If you move a toolbar outside the visible portion of the screen at its current resolution, you may not be able to see it if you reduce the screen resolution or move the toolbar to another computer. Consequently, keeping your toolbars within the visible portion of your screen is recommended.
In addition, DeltaV Operate does not wrap docked toolbars. Consequently, if you dock a large toolbar, it appears as a long line of buttons. Depending on the toolbar's size, some buttons may not be visible and may move other toolbars beyond the visible portion of the screen.