Open screen before .Show()

[Oleksandr]

Hi, how to open screen in C# before .Show() ?

in zenon help I can't find example, and link to vba example

https://onlinehelp.copadata.com/Cont...347a7c4215f623

[martin_f]

Hi Oleksandr,

usually, you don't need to call the method

IScreen.Show()

. For opening a screen a zenon function of type Screen switch has to be executed. This function will bring the screen to the foreground, too.

A zenon function cut be executed by calling

IFunction.Execute()

. (https://onlinehelp.copadata.com/Content.html?product=addin&version=1000&lang=en&id =c_cdbe1d8750b66c929ccb59c539e2d58e#)

[Oleksandr]

Hi Oleksandr,

usually, you don't need to call the method

IScreen.Show()

. For opening a screen a zenon function of type Screen switch has to be executed. This function will bring the screen to the foreground, too.

A zenon function cut be executed by calling

IFunction.Execute()

. (https://onlinehelp.copadata.com/Content.html?product=addin&version=1000&lang=en&id =c_cdbe1d8750b66c929ccb59c539e2d58e#)

Hi,

yes I resolved that as u describe. But that way leads to lot of function aggregation in project. May I avoid of using existing functions or scripts in project?

[mst]

You could use a dummy function of type screenswitch and change the called screen by the addin before you call the Execute() method.
I didn't test it, but should work.

[martin_f]

Hi Oleksandr,

creating a lot of functions is the way you should go.

You should always prefer using build-in solutions instead of creating your own ones. It is far easier to operate with a lot of functions than try to minimize them with your own solution. (You can search and filter functions. With the help of the PARAM paramter and index-based variable substitution, you can minimize the amount of functions.)

You can manipulate the Dynproperties of a screenswitch function to open different screens, but if these screens are of different types, you have to do much more.