Copying Multiple Objects

When designing the screen interface, you may want multiple copies of the same object. Use [Duplicate] to create multiple copies of an object, as well as any associated [Source Property] settings.

Duplicating Objects

On the screen, select the objects you want to duplicate.
From the toolbar, click the Duplicate icon and the [Duplicate] dialog box appears.

Set up the [Duplicate Settings] and click [>>].

Property	Description
[Specify Range]	Select either [Set Up Interval] or [Set Up Using The Mouse]. [Set Up Interval]: Make the defined number of copies in the [X Direction] and [Y Direction] with the defined [Spacing]. [Set Up Using The Mouse]: Use the mouse to define an area so the duplicates can fit into the area without overlapping. Note: When using [Grid], [Scroll Grid], [Dock Panel], [Stack Panel], or [Uniform Grid] layouts, the [Specify Range] property is unavailable.
[X Direction]	Select the check box to define the number of copies in the X direction. In the [Spacing] field, define the amount of space between each copy, usually defined in pixels. Note: When using [Grid] or [Scroll Grid] layouts, [Spacing] for the [X Direction] is defined in columns. When using [Dock Panel], [Stack Panel], or [Uniform Grid] layouts, this property is unavailable.
[Y Direction]	Select the check box to define the number of copies in the Y direction. In the [Spacing] field, define the amount of space between each copy, usually defined in pixels. Note: When using [Grid] or [Scroll Grid] layouts, [Spacing] for the [Y Direction] is defined in rows. When using [Dock Panel], [Stack Panel], or [Uniform Grid] layouts, this property is unavailable.
[Copy Direction]	Select the direction for copies. Note: When using [Dock Panel], [Stack Panel], or [Uniform Grid] layouts, this property is unavailable.
[Number of Duplicates]	Available with [Dock Panel], [Stack Panel], and [Uniform Grid] layouts, define the number of duplicate objects to create.
[Duplicate Description]	Select [Enable] to copy the [Description] in the original object to all duplicated objects. Select [Disable] and the description in duplicates will be empty.

Set up [Source Property] and click [>>]. Define how you want to handle associated source properties. For more information, see the following.
Duplicating Source Property
Confirm [Summary] and click [Duplicate].

Note: The duplicate command cannot be used with individual objects inside a group. However, you can use the duplicate command with the group itself.

In the [Duplicate] dialog box, you can either click [Back] to go to the previous screen, or click [Start over] to return to the initial dialog box.

Duplicating Source Property

When duplicating objects, define how you want to handle source properties.

The following table lists sample [Source Property] values associated with a duplicate operation.

□	Property	Source Property	Increment	Copy#1	Copy#2
√	NumericDisplay1.CurrentValue	Var1.Value	Var+1.Value	Var2.Value	Var3.Value
	NumericDisplay2.CurrentValue	Var10.Value	Var+1.Value	Var11.Value	Var12.Value
√	NumericDisplay3.CurrentValue	Var10.Value	Var*.Value	Var10.Value	Var10.Value
√	NumericDisplay4.CurrentValue	RecipeFamily1.Group1.Ing1.Value	RecipeFamily+1.Group.Ing.Value	RecipeFamily2.Group1.Ing1.Value	RecipeFamily3.Group1.Ing1.Value
√	NumericDisplay5.CurrentValue	Array1[10,10].Value	Array +2[*,+1].Value	Array 3[10,11].Value	Array 5[10,12].Value

The following are descriptions of how Source Property is handled in each of the above.

For NumericDisplay1, as the [Source Property] is “Var1” and [Increment]=1, the duplicates are “Var2”, “Var3”, “Var4”, and so on.

Since the check box for NumericDisplay2 is cleared, the [Source Property] does not change in the duplicates.

For NumericDisplay3, the asterisk (*) in the [Increment] column denotes no change in value, resulting in no change in [Source Property] values in duplicates.

For NumericDisplay4, there are multiple numerals in the [Source Property]. In the [Increment] field, only “RecipeFamily” number indicates a change and the other numbers are denoted by the asterisk (*) to indicate no change. As a result, only “RecipeFamily” is incremented while the “Group” and “Ing” numbers do not change.

For NumericDisplay5, the array number is set to increment by 2 and the second dimension in the array is set to increment by 1. As a result, the duplicates for Array1[10,10] are Array3[10,11], Array5[10,12], Array7[10,13], and so on.

Important: When variables are created in the process of duplicating objects, undoing the duplicate operation does not undo creation of variables. Undo only removes any created objects.

Note:

If new variables need to be created, the display changes so you can define device address settings. For more information, see the following.
Duplicating Device Addresses
In the [Duplicate] dialog box, you can either click [Back] to go to the previous screen, or click [Start over] to return to the initial dialog box.

Duplicating Device Addresses

When duplicating variables in the Source Property of objects, if the duplicated variable is associated with a device address, a dialog box appears where you can define the device address for duplicated variables.

Source Property	Device Address	Increment	Copy#1	Copy#2
Var1	D100	1	D101	D102
Array1[10,10]	D300	3	D303	D306

The table above continues the example of copied variable references, listing only variable references that are incremented and set up with a device address.

Var1 is used in NumericDisplay1. The duplicates use Var2=D101, Var3=D102, Var4=D103, and so on.

Array1[10,10] is used in NumericDisplay5. The duplicates use Array3[10,11]=D303, Array5[10,12]=D306, Array7[10,13]=D309, and so on.