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Chapter 3 Lookout Runtime Menu Commands
© National Instruments Corporation 3-19 Lookout Operator’s Manual
Window»More Windows
If you have too many control panels to fit in the Window menu, the More
Windows command appears at the bottom of the Window menu. The
W
indow»More Windows command pops up a dialog box you can use to
scroll through the control panel titles and select the window to display by
double-clicking on the panel title.
Run Commands
Run»Add
Security Level: 9
Shortcut Keys: none
The R
un»Add command adds up to ten DOS-style commands to the run
submenu list. Operators subsequently invoke these commands with a click
of the mouse—without leaving Lookout. For instance, you might want to
print a custom report on demand. The following example loads Excel and
runs the macro
daily.xlm, which pulls historical data off the hard drive,
places it into a preconfigured report template, and sends it to the printer.
Consult your Excel documentation for more information on writing your
macros.
The Security level setting applies to any command you add or revise. This
means you can configure multiple commands, some of which may only be
invoked by high level operators. The following illustration shows the Run
menu with the Daily Report item added.