WinCC V8 Tip 1: Generate PopUp screen *without* Picture Window !! 😱🤓 😎 Learn SCADA Programming

WinCC V8 has a new VBS and C Function which shows a PDL in a PopUp Window, with NO PictureWindow Object required on screen! 😱 It supports TagPrefix as well. Learn SCADA Programming from the best! One cool thing is, you have access to the "virtual" picture window you create so you can customize the header text, position, and other properties. So, watch this video to learn how to use it, and *be sure* to watch until the end as I show you some hidden tips to making scripts reusable and shortcuts to screen development!

00:00 Introduction
01:03 The OpenScreenInPopUp() Function
01:26 No PictureWindow Required!
02:10 Review Popup screen we will call
02:48 Create Demo Screen
03:27 OpenScreenInPopup() Definition
04:00 Function Parameters
05:40 VBS Script to call Popup function
06:06 Create reference to PictureWindow obj
06:32 Adding function parameters to script
07:03 Add Tag Prefix parameter
08:07 Set PictureWindow Properties
09:58 Make VBS Script reuseable
11:47 Test In Runtime

[Shuklasumit]

Very informative and useful video found on YouTube, Love your explanation...

Thank you so much Sir😊

[RohitChavanTM]

Excellent I wish this had in older versions as well 😭...

[urvishmehta]

Thanks for sharing this, I do have one question, I am trying to open Popup from another popup its working but its not grabbing the data. you might have come across it too, do you know how to make that work?

[RanjitKumar-mtyk]

Please make a video on how to do same thing with c-scripting

[lrlemos]

What I’ve seen is that this kind of development is easy for who is developing, but a nightmare for maintenance.
Take much care when reusing components.
Make sure everything is searchable in cross reference.

[antoniopioverrillo]

Hi, there is a way to make the popu not resizable?