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Deleting a WindowSet
To delete a WindowSet:
a. Right-click on the WindowSet in the project browser.
b. Click Delete.

Working with InTouch Windows

Most InTouch windows can be converted into a viewable web page in Internet Explorer. However,
not all InTouch functionality is compatible with web technology.

Note: For best results use InTouch 9.0 or greater.

To open an InTouch application:

a. Select Open InTouch Application on the File menu.
The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.
b. Navigate to the InTouch application folder containing the window(s) to convert.
c. Click the OK button.

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The available InTouch windows from the folder you selected now appear in the top right pane
of Win-XML Exporter:

For each window, the pane displays the caption name you assign it, the path, file name, and
the file size of the window.

Converting InTouch Windows

To convert an InTouch window:
a. Select the window to convert in the pane of available InTouch windows.

Tip: To select multiple consecutive windows, hold down the SHIFT key, select the first window,
and then select the last window. To select multiple windows: Hold down the CTRL key while
making your selections.

b. Drag-and-drop the window from the upper right pane onto the WindowSet name in the project
browser (left pane).
The conversion to XML is performed automatically during the drag-and-drop operation. The
converter will rename the window file.
By default, the bottom right pane of the Win-XML Exporter only shows the status of the LAST
window converted. Therefore, if you convert twelve windows at one time, and the first eleven
have errors, you will see a successful conversion message if the twelfth window converts with
no errors.

Note: If you are using InTouch 10.0 and your InTouch windows contain ArchestrA Graphics, an
error message will display when the windows are converted to display in Information Server.
ArchestrA Graphics within InTouch windows do not convert to XML format.

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Viewing the Window Conversion Status

To view the conversion status for a particular window:
a. Select the desired window in the project browser.
b. Right-click on the window and select Information View.
c. Click the Information tab in the bottom right pane of the exporter.
d. Expand the Information item. If all elements successfully converted in the last window you
selected, you will see "Successful Conversion!!!

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You will see other details if it is not successful. In this instance an InTouch 10.0 window containing
ArchestrA Graphics was converted to display in Information Server. ArchestrA Graphics within
InTouch windows do not convert to XMl format.

You may edit the window and convert it again.

e. Expand the different sections to see information about warnings or errors.
f. Click Report to view a list of items that were not converted.

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ActiveX Controls in an Application

Win-XML Exporter will search for ActiveX Controls in your application. Win-XML receives data
from Windowmaker by reading the OCX.ini file.
When using ActiveX Controls in your application over the Internet, the ActiveX Control will be
converted and published to the web server using a compressed CAB file.
When the User tries to view a window that uses that ActiveX Control, the Control downloads to the
User’s machine and registers itself without user intervention. If browser security is configured high,
the user will be given an option to accept or deny the ActiveX control installation. Wonderware
does not verify the authenticity of Third Party Controls.
The user will need a license to run a Third Party ActiveX Control.

Note: The default installation of IE 6.0 does not allow for unsigned controls to download to the
client side automatically. This may be a potential issue for a user because they may try to view a
certain Windowset that requires one of these ActiveX Controls. If they haven’t configured their
browser to accept unsigned Controls, they won’t be able to perform that process and nothing will
happen.

There are ways to troubleshoot this issue if you are on the Internet. You can change the Internet
security level in IE to prompt you when an unsigned ActiveX Control is being downloaded or you
can obtain a signed version from the Third Party vender as well.
If you do not have this Control running with the application, you will see a window with an ‘X’
in the top left corner of the screen indicating that there is a missing control on that page.

Note: The most common error seen is: “Error Publishing to the Server.”

What causes this error?

Wonderware uses Microsoft Web Post .dll’s to move information across the Internet while
Microsoft Front Page Server Extensions control the publishing process. Wonderware installs the
Web Post dll’s if not already present on the Server. If they are installed, they are configured to work
with Information Server. The Installing User automatically becomes an Administrator by default
and is placed into the administrative group.
When a request is made to publish to a web server, the server confirms the protocol: FTP, HTTP,
or Front Page Server Extensions. Typically, if the Installing User is developing the project, this will
be done automatically.
After you have chosen a Control, a new screen opens with the InTouch applications listed in the
top of the window frame. This is a list of the windows that are in the application that are available
for publishing.
To convert the applications, drag them from the right pane and drop them on the Windowset of
your choice in the left pane.

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Publishing Windows to the Information Server Portal

To publish a project or individual WindowSet:
Right-click on the project or WindowSet in the project browser and click Publish.

Previewing a Converted Window

The preview window has two modes: Online and Offline. The default mode is Offline. In Offline
mode, the preview window shows you how your converted window will look; however, you cannot
preview animations because the window is not currently receiving any data.
Popup windows will only be listed when you are in Offline mode. Popup windows are converted
and can be accessed by the user at runtime (in the browser). However, popup windows will not
display in the list of windows that the user sees in the browser. Therefore, no user can directly
access a popup window.
You must be assigned to the Administrator Role by your Information Server administrator in order
to use the Online mode. Even then, the preview pane only provides Read Only access; you will not
be able to test TouchLink input dialog boxes or any features that require write-back permissions.
In order to preview a runtime version of the window, you must first publish the window. After that, if
you specify the Online mode, an attempt will be made to establish a connection to the Information
Server Portal that you have specified for the window. If the portal has access to the data source,
animations will function as if you were viewing the window in a browser over the Internet/intranet. If
the animations are not working, the data source may not be operating, the data source
specifications may be incorrect, or the scripting that drives the animation may need to be modified.

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Enabling Automatic Window Resizing

By default, the converted window is displayed full size as it was drawn in InTouch and is not scaled
to fit the Information Server portal window. Scroll bars appear, if necessary, to provide the user
access to the non-displayed areas of the screen. Enabling automatic window resizing in Win-XML
Exporter causes the application window to be scaled to fit the user’s browser.

Deleting a Window
If you are in Online mode, you can delete windows from the portal site with the proper security
clearance from the portal administrator. If you are offline, you can delete windows from the project
workspace.

Using Multiple Web Servers for WindowSets

Corporate portals usually have different requirements, and you may want to display only the
information that is important to the corporate casual users. Standard corporate InTouch windows
can be created and exported to multiple plants to publish on their web servers, allowing the
corporate casual user to view the same information from multiple plants without having to know the
names for all the different WindowSets at each company. This will save the corporate user a lot of
time when trying to access pertinent information about individual plants, as well as combining
information company wide.
When a casual user accesses the Information Server Portal for information, they are first
authenticated on the domain controller. After authentication, the web server will automatically
connect the user to the information they want, even if it is being hosted on another web server.
This is a good way to design a corporate portal. It still has all the security features built into
Windows and the portal, and the data retrieval is transparent to the casual user.
In the following example, the corporate computer is retrieving data from a web server in Texas, but
it only had to contact the Information Server web server in California. This computer could also
access information from Brazil during the same session, without any additional steps,
configuration, or security logons.

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The client user never needs to worry about changing the connection to the data source, because
the portal administrator will have this configured before the client attempts to access the

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information. The Win-XML Exporter is used to easily configure the data to come from different web
servers, as well as different nodes.
You can configure the data source for a WindowSet by modifying the properties in the WindowSet
Properties dialog box.
For example, a WindowSet titled "France Web Server" is configured to retrieve information from
Information Server web server titled "France," which has a computer name (node name) of
"Demo." The windows listed under the France Web Server name are all receiving information from
the Information Server web server France and node Demo.

Likewise, the windows listed under the WindowSet name "Brazil Web Server" are receiving their
information from the Information Server web server Brazil, which has a node name of Demo 2.

Tip: You can also use MultiViews to simulate the multiple window effect used in InTouch
applications or to view information from different sources in the same screen.

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Lab 21 – Convert and View InTouch Windows

Over the Web
Introduction
In this part of the lab, you will convert windows in an existing InTouch application to XML, and
publish these windows to your Information Server web portal. Using your Information Server
portal, view these windows over the Internet.

Objectives
Upon completion of this lab you will be able to:
z Convert InTouch Windows to XML using the Win-XML Exporter conversion tool
z Publish InTouch Windows to your Information Server Web Portal
z View InTouch Windows over the Internet using your Information Server Web Portal

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Start the Win-XML Exporter

1. Select Start / All Programs / Wonderware / InTouch / Win-XML Exporter.
2. Select File / New Project...

The Project Properties dialog box opens.

3. Enter the new Project Name: Mixer Windows.
4. The project will be saved in the default project path: C:\Wonderware\Mixer Windows.

5. Click the Next button.

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