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  1. Sysmac Studio IAG's

    Hi all, I'm trying to implement a paramertized pop-screen in the NA5 series.  Like how the placeholders work in an AB Panelview-Plus.  It's a bit like how a function works with parameters passed to it.  The screen has for example several controls of various types, buttons lamps, title string etc.  These can be parameterized with placeholders to be replaced at runtime with some other calling object (button).  In the AB software they use #1,#2, #3 etc.  The parameter could be the entire tag or even part of a tag - e.g. #1_Start, #1_Stop or #1.Start.  That kind of thing.  The parameters are sent from calling pushbuttons that show the screen and send it's set of parameters.  So a single screen can control a whole bunch of motors for example.  The #1 might get replaced with M1 or M2 or Motor4.  However you have aranged the tags in the PLC. My question is, can Omron's IAG function do this?  I have tried and made one work but only by setting the parameters at design time on the screen.  I can't work out how to replace the tags in the imported IAG object with parameters sent from something - like an action button or some vb code somehow.  Or am I barking up the wrong tree here?  I am total newbie to Omron's Sysmac software, an old hand in the AB world. Cheers