Open applications

Open an application when you start
FactoryTalk View Studio
 or when
FactoryTalk View Studio
 is open.
FactoryTalk View ME
 application files are converted to the current version of
FactoryTalk View
 when you open them. Once the application has been converted, it cannot be opened by earlier versions of
FactoryTalk View Studio
. However, you can still use the current version of
FactoryTalk View Studio
 to create runtime application files that will run on earlier versions of ME Station.
If an application was created in earlier versions of
FactoryTalk View ME
, when you open the application in the current version of
FactoryTalk View Studio
, ensure that the application's IP addresses do not contain a leading zero.
FactoryTalk Linx
 interprets a leading zero as an octal notation. For example, the IP address 131.200.13.111 is valid, but 131.200.013.111 is invalid. Before opening the application, edit the application's Nodes.csv file in Notepad by removing leading zeroes in IP addresses.
To open an application in
FactoryTalk View Studio
, the logged-in user must have read/write access to the sub-folder that holds the HMI applications. If the security designation for
FactoryTalk View Studio
 users is Power Users, they may not have write access.
To open an application
  1. If
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     is not started, start
    FactoryTalk View Studio
    .
  2. If
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     is started, from the
    File
     menu, select
    Open Application
    or click the
    Open Application
     tool Open Application tool. If an application is already open,
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     asks you whether to close the application that is currently open. Click
    Yes
    .
  3. On the
    Existing
     tab, select the application to open.
    The resolution and version that was last used to open the application is shown.
  4. If the application has more than one language, select a language to open the application in.
  5. Click
    Open
    .
TIP:
To open two applications at the same time, for example to copy images and graphic objects between applications, start two instances of
FactoryTalk View Studio
.
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