Customize Preview Fields

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Information

There are three different types of preview fields:
- for colors
- for symbols
- for formats
Preview fields show the color, the symbol, or the format of the corresponding color, symbol, or format DI.

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Details

Preview fields are virtual DIs which contain the actual color, symbol, or format DIs as sub-DIs.
They are created in the same data table as color, symbol, or format DIs.
The preview field class is Incarnation (class 4).

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Create preview DI

Open Customizer → System Customizer → Data Dictionary
Create a traffic light DI in the same data table as the DI to be checked and define the following parameters:
- DI Python ID = the Python name of the color, symbol, or format DIs and the _incarnation name extension.
- Class = 4
- virtual =
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- Column type = Alpha
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    This column type is only required for the creation of the DI ID. can be deleted afterwards.
- Symbol ID = 000188
- Activated =
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Save
Update system customizing (via the Tools → Restart PLANTA Service menu item).
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  Note: If you click on the menu item, all open client connections (sessions) are closed. During restart, new client connections are not possible.

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Assign sub-DI

Assign a sub-DI to the newly created DI in the Data Items module.
- Enter the ID of the color DI in the SUBDI field.
Select
- value F (color) for color preview fields.
- value FT (format) for format preview fields.
- value S (symbol) for symbol preview fields.
For symbol and format preview fields, the value that is displayed in the preview field must additionally be entered in the Value from parameter:
- For symbol preview fields: AaBbCc
- For format preview fields: @15
Save.

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Example of a color preview field

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Insert preview DI in data area