| abstract |
Sophisticated graphical elements are provided to be used as part or component of one or more graphical displays, which are executed in the process plant to provide information about the process plant environment, such as the current state of devices in the process plant Is displayed to the user. Each graphic element is an executable object, which includes properties and variables that are bound to related process entities such as field devices, and includes multiple visualizations, each of which When a graphical element is executed as part of a graphical display, it is used to graphically depict the associated process entity on the user interface. Any of these graphical element visualizations may be used in any particular graphical display, and the same graphical display may use different visualizations at different times. Different visualizations associated with a given graphic element make it more versatile, which allows the same graphic element to be used in different displays using different graphic styles and norms. It is possible. Such visualizations also include different types of display devices such as display devices with the same graphic elements, large display screens, standard computer screens, and very small display screens such as PDA and telephone display screens. Can be used. |