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JohnnyTronic

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Where to begin?
« on: February 02, 2020, 02:04:09 PM »
I am new to Advancedhmi. I have worked with controls, PLC's and hmi's for years but dont have a programming background. I try to follow examples on youtube of advancedhmi  but when something goes wrong I dont have the background to troubleshoot. 

What youtube tutorials should I try:
Visual studio windows forms?
Visual studio C#?
Visual studio VB?

thanks for the advice.

Archie

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Re: Where to begin?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2020, 02:46:43 PM »
Did you follow the quick start guide to get your first application working?

https://www.advancedhmi.com/downloads/QuickStart.pdf

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Re: Where to begin?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2020, 03:18:58 PM »
Archie,

yes I did, but in a very monkey see monkey do fashion. I made a button to open another page too. I dont know what most the settings are about.

I think I need a little deeper knowledge of the plumbing of advancedhmi to be able to work with it and make better applications.

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Re: Where to begin?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2020, 03:49:03 PM »
AdvancedHMI is very user friendly and learning how to use it just requires time. Watch all the videos, check the forum, check the wiki at:

https://advancedhmi.com/documentation/index.php?title=Main_Page

To accelerate the learning, you can find Training Classes offered at a cost on the main website ( https://www.advancedhmi.com ).
This should be available for those living in the USA.

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Re: Where to begin?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2020, 10:10:49 PM »
Don't get hung up thinking you need to know VB or C# programming to use AdvancedHMI. That comes in use later as you create more advanced applications. Simply add the controls from the Toolbox to the form and start changing properties to see what each one does. Any property starting with PLCAddress means the PLC value can control the property.