TrendViewer V3.11 released

Latest release adds ruler window, transparent fill patterns and undo function for lasso zoom.

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Viewing various analog and binary trend data with TrendViewer.

TrendViewer is an ActiveX charting tool for integration in applications implemented in Visual Basic, VBA or Visual C++, .NET-compatible) or as an Add-On into SCADA Systems (WinCC, Intouch, iFix). You can view analog and binary trend data and highlight states of measured data. ICS TrendViewer offers different colors, fill styles, flood curves, interactive modification of trend data during display, over 500 curves, 2 x-scales and 500 y-scales, scale inscription setup in XML; flexible display of complex trend diagrams and more. Available as Standard Edition or Professional Edition it has localized English and German user interfaces and technical manuals.

Updates in V3.11

Note: As the property stream and the GUID changed, the application in which TrendViewer runs, must be recompiled. It is therefore necessary to reembed the TrendViewer OCX into the application.

Extensions:

• A ruler window was added (Professional Version)
• Display of the mouse pointer sliding over a curve ruler was changed.
• Undo function of the lasso zoom - last modification can now be made undone using the right mouse key
• Interactive zoom now also enabled even when no curves are activated
• Curve ruler can optionally be activated/deactivated
• Transparent display in fill patterns
• Additional PreDrawCurve/PostDrawCurve Events for each individual curve

Bug fixes:

• Automatic scale management was fixed
• Bug in the scale display, that occurred when more than 10 scales were displayed, was fixed
• Scale for binary curves adapted
• Zooming error fixed. Up till now, zooming only worked as long as the first curve was activated
• Display in the time axis fixed
• Missing event when calling CTVXScale::Capture/CTVYScale::Capture was fixed
• Missing Refresh after calling SetTrendAuxLineStep was fixed
• Display error after resize in SetFixedFont was recovered.
• Erroneous display when calling method CTVXScale: Capture after deleting curves was fixed
• Crash when zooming binary signals was fixed.
• Correction of the return values of method CTVRuler: GetPosition in ruler position outside of the visible range (-1, -1).(-1, -1)

About ICS GmbH

Since 1990, ICS GmbH has supplied innovative and prime software tools for the automation industry. It sets standards in the design of ergonomic GUIs, that it develops in line with its customers and standard style guides. Charting tools like TrendAnalyzer and TrendViewer are based on every day use cases of measurement and maintenance tasks in the process industry. ICS pushes the leading edge of technology as an active member of all important organizations in automation.