Properties: HighlightColor and HighlightKeyCharacter?

[qwideman]

How can I use the pipe component's properties: HighlightColor and HighlightKeyCharacter either in advanced HMI or with code?

Quinton

[Archie]

The code for that is not actually implemented correctly. If you open pipe.vb and go to about line 50, then change to the code below, it will give you a highlight effect by changing the font color when a KeyCharacter is found in Text. You can then link the text to a string in the PLC using PLCAddressText.

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                '* Highlight in red if an exclamation mark is in text
                If InStr(value, _HighlightKeyChar) > 0 Then
                    If MyBase.ForeColor <> _Highlightcolor Then SavedBackColor = MyBase.ForeColor
                    MyBase.ForeColor = _Highlightcolor
                Else
                    If SavedBackColor <> Nothing Then MyBase.ForeColor = SavedBackColor
                End If


[qwideman]

Thanks