Motion Commander 4 runs on Windows XP and Windows 2000. It even runs on NT4 with some reduced functionality. MC4 is not compatable with Windows 95/98 and, of course, no program should be run on Windows ME.
This customer's knife application was designed with a high-contrast color scheme for maximum readability under harsh lighting conditions. The runtime-only MC4R.exe version of the program includes an option to hide the menu bar. MC4 also supports full-screen and always-on-top display options.
Motion Commander 4 instruments are vector-drawn by default for fast rendering and smooth scaling. Plenty of color, shape and dimension properties are provided to enable extensive customization of each object's appearance...
Each object's default appearance can be replaced by one or more bitmap images to create a completely unique style! MC4 supports most common image formats including BMP, GIF, JPEG, WMF and ICO, and includes stretch, tile, centering, raster operations, transparency, and region options. Full Windows 24-bit color and font support provide complete creative control!
Motion Commander 4 objects smoothly rescale themselves to compensate for changes in window size or screen resolution. Stations designed on high-resolution desktop monitors will look good on lower-resolution HMI screens out on the shop floor.
Designing MC4 screens is simple, intuitive and completely WYSIWYG. Left-drag to move objects, right-drag to size, and double-click to edit properties. An object's appearance will change as its properties are edited, and Ctrl+Z undo is fully supported. Context-sensitive F1 help is available for all elements of the program.
In Design Mode, double-click on an object to edit its properties. The object's appearance will change as you edit. During runtime, objects can send commands that query and/or modify property values using a simple VB-style "name.property=value" syntax.
Commands can be constructed and inserted by making selections from the lists of objects and their properties and values. Commands can also be hand-typed in the editor or pasted from the clipboard. The "Check" button can be used to verify that all of the object names and property names are spelled correctly.
VBScript, JScript, or BASIC-like "Motion Commander Language" are available for command properties that require conditional logic, loops, local variables, or complex math and string operations.
MC4 devices allow objects to communicate with external entities.
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