Factorytalk view me user guide

View Machine Edition

USER’S GUIDE VOLUME 2
PUBLICATION VIEWME-UM005E-EN-E–August 2007
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18 Working with components
This chapter describes: which editors have components. working withcomponents. printing information in components. For information on working with particular editors, see the chapters later in this guide.

Editors that have components
With some editors you enter information in a single window or a tabbed dialog box. Other editors allow you to create multiple components, such as graphic displays or message files. Each component is stored in a separate file, with...