CygNet FMS Close Period Control

Close Period icon The CygNet FMS Close Period Control is an ActiveX control used to test close and close period, and to track the closed period by Group, Device, Gas Device, Liquid Device, or Station Node. Each row of the data grid represents a Node record indicating the date it has been closed through. Each column represents a data field.

See Using the Close Period Control for more information about configuring and using this control.

See CxFmsClosePeriodCtrl Object in the Scripting section for more information about scripting this control.

Adding a Close Period Control to a Screen

To Add and Configure a CygNet FMS Close Period Control in CygNet Studio

  1. Create a new CygNet Studio screen.
  2. Click the ActiveX tool ActiveX on the Standard Tools palette.
  3. Click and drag the outline of a box on the screen. When the mouse button is released, an Insert OLE Control dialog box appears.
  4. In the dialog box, double-click on CygNet FMS Close Period Control to place a Close Period control on your screen.
  5. Right-click the control to open its property sheet.
  6. On the ActiveX page, click ... or double-click (OCXProperties) to access the CygNet FMS Close Period Control Properties dialog box.
  7. The CygNet FMS Close Period control contains a General tab, and a Commands tab.
  8. Configure the properties on each page as desired, Click Apply, and then click OK.
  9. Close the property sheet, save, and then switch to Run mode to use the control.

General Properties

The General page of the CygNet FMS Close Period Control Properties dialog box contains the following properties.

General Properties

General Properties
Property Description
General

FMS service

Type the name of the Site.Service to which to connect in the control's Chooser, or click ... to access the Select Service dialog box.

Use Point in Time mode

Click the check box to select/clear the option to use the Point in Time mode.

PIT (C)

If Use Point in Time mode is selected, do one of the following.

  • Type the desired date/time value into the text box.
  • Click ... to access the Select Date and Time dialog box, then enter the date/time, in Contract time (C), from which you want to view data.

Default value is T, date and time today.

See Using the Home Menu for more information about PIT mode.

Show Chooser pane

Click the check box to select/clear the option to display the Chooser pane in the control.

Default value is selected.
Node Chooser

Allow FMS service selection

Click the check box to select/clear the option to show the FMS service selector in the control's Chooser.

Allow Node category selection

Click the check box to select/clear the option to show the Node category selector in the control's Chooser.

Allow multiple selections

Click the check box to allow multiple selection of Nodes in the control's Chooser list.

Node category

Select the desired Node Category to display in the control's Chooser from the drop-down menu.

Options are as follows.

  • Device
  • Gas Device
  • Group
  • Liquid Device
  • Station

Node group

Select the desired Node Group type to display in the control's Chooser from the drop-down menu.

Options are as follows.

  • All Nodes
  • General
  • Station
  • By Category

Default selection is All Nodes

Filter

Select a filter.

First type a partial string of known Node name/description/ID characters to populate the filter text box in the control's Chooser. Wildcard values * (multiple character) and ? (single character) are supported.

Default value is * (multiple character wildcard) - all.

Note: Wildcards can be used only when filtering by Name or Desc, not when filtering by ID.

Then select a Node option to filter for results.

Options are as follows.

  • Name
  • Desc
  • ID

Primary column

Select the desired primary sort column in the control's Chooser from the drop-down menu.

Options include the following

  • Type ascending
  • Name ascending
  • Description ascending
  • Type descending
  • Name descending
  • Description descending

Default value is Name ascending

See Using the Close Period Control for more information about configuring these properties.

Commands Properties

The Commands page of the CygNet FMS Close Period Control Properties dialog box contains the following options.

Commands Properties

Commands Properties

See Managing Node Commands for more information about configuring commands for the FMS Close Period control.

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